Plastic Surgery waiting times at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

21week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 6,601 people on the plastic surgery list here have been waiting longer than 21 weeks, half less. That is 4 weeks longer than a year ago. It is about 6 weeks longer than the England average for this specialty.

45%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

75 / 80

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

4 weeks longer than a year ago.

Median wait each month, 13 months to June 2026.

How the queue is spread

How the queue is spread, in four-week bands. The rule marks the 18-week standard — 51% of this queue is already past it.

Treating sooner nearby

Comparable providers within 75 miles reporting a shorter wait. You have a legal right to ask for any of them.

Provider	Miles	Median	Sooner by
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames	54	7 wks	14 wks
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage	58	8 wks	13 wks
Epsomedical Group Cobham	62	10 wks	10 wks
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester	33	11 wks	10 wks
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	48	11 wks	10 wks

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Straight answers

About this figure

It’s about six weeks behind. NHS England publishes monthly, with a lag. This page shows June 2026.
It’s a trust-level average, not your wait. Your own wait depends on urgency, clinical need and which site you are treated at. Large trusts run several hospitals.
It counts people still waiting — incomplete pathways at month end — not people already treated.

This page presents official statistics and points to a right you already have. It isn’t medical advice, and it can’t tell you whether switching is right for you — your clinician can.