HospitalCheck

Compare hospitals for general surgery

Every NHS trust in England that reports general surgery, compared side by side. Waiting-list figures are for incomplete pathways (people still waiting to start treatment).

The best hospital depends on what matters most to you — a shorter wait, a better outcome, or a shorter journey. Sort by each to compare.

115 trusts. Data: August 2026. Source: NHS England RTT statistics. CQC inspection ratings aren't shown here — see each trust's profile page, linked from every row.

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#TrustMedian waitWithin 18 wks
1Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham1.0 wks50.0%
2University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole2.5 wks89.3%
3York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork3.8 wks84.2%
4Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead5.5 wks91.2%
5Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley6.0 wks76.4%
6Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral6.4 wks85.3%
7The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon6.8 wks87.8%
8South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland7.2 wks84.1%
9Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley7.5 wks78.2%
10Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne7.9 wks78.0%
11The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton8.7 wks67.0%
12Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields8.9 wks91.4%
13Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield9.6 wks73.4%
14Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds9.6 wks77.8%
15Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading9.8 wks81.5%
16Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley9.8 wks68.0%
17University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon9.8 wks77.8%
18The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury10.0 wks73.6%
19United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln10.0 wks83.0%
20Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford10.1 wks77.7%
21Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol10.2 wks74.3%
22Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate10.5 wks71.4%
23North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington10.5 wks75.8%
24Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster10.8 wks69.5%
25East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea10.9 wks73.0%
26The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne10.9 wks73.5%
27Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone11.0 wks70.2%
28Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton11.0 wks68.4%
29Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering11.0 wks69.1%
30South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick11.0 wks72.5%
31Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey11.3 wks76.5%
32James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth11.4 wks68.0%
33Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth11.5 wks65.9%
34Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury11.7 wks86.8%
35Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport11.8 wks64.7%
36Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon11.9 wks68.3%
37Barts Health NHS TrustLondon12.0 wks65.8%
38The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow12.0 wks66.8%
39East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage12.0 wks66.3%
40Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford12.0 wks68.6%
41Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester12.0 wks66.8%
42Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton12.2 wks62.7%
43Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon12.2 wks63.3%
44Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham12.2 wks68.5%
45East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn12.3 wks64.0%
46Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick12.4 wks63.9%
47London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow12.4 wks65.7%
48Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield12.4 wks66.8%
49University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester12.5 wks66.7%
50South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough12.5 wks65.3%
51Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon12.6 wks63.8%
52Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford12.7 wks62.9%
53East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield12.8 wks63.9%
54University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton13.0 wks60.6%
55North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough13.1 wks62.5%
56University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham13.1 wks59.0%
57University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent13.2 wks60.0%
58Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury13.3 wks66.1%
59University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry13.5 wks61.1%
60County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington13.5 wks59.8%
61Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter13.5 wks62.9%
62Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill13.6 wks59.2%
63East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury13.7 wks58.6%
64Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich13.8 wks60.6%
65Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath13.8 wks66.0%
66Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby13.9 wks59.7%
67The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham13.9 wks57.3%
68Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton14.0 wks60.1%
69Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot14.1 wks60.3%
70Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath14.2 wks61.8%
71Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport14.2 wks57.6%
72Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester14.3 wks59.4%
73University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby14.3 wks57.5%
74North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool14.5 wks59.6%
75George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton14.5 wks58.4%
76Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe14.5 wks59.0%
77Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull14.6 wks57.6%
78Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon14.6 wks58.6%
79The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn14.6 wks56.9%
80Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford14.6 wks57.4%
81Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon14.7 wks59.2%
82Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro14.7 wks57.3%
83The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge14.7 wks58.8%
84Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester14.9 wks58.0%
85Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon14.9 wks59.4%
86Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall14.9 wks57.1%
87Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford15.2 wks56.1%
88Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham15.3 wks57.5%
89Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon15.5 wks55.8%
90Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford15.6 wks56.4%
91Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield15.6 wks55.2%
92East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester15.8 wks54.9%
93Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea16.2 wks52.9%
94Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton16.3 wks55.4%
95West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford16.4 wks54.3%
96West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds16.5 wks53.4%
97Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge16.9 wks52.6%
98Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham17.2 wks53.7%
99Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool18.1 wks49.8%
100Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford18.7 wks48.5%
101Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes18.8 wks48.4%
102North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle18.8 wks48.0%
103Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames18.8 wks47.7%
104University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal18.9 wks48.3%
105Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool18.9 wks48.1%
106The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley19.5 wks46.7%
107Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester19.5 wks46.4%
108St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon19.5 wks47.2%
109Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston20.0 wks46.3%
110Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan20.4 wks44.5%
111Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon20.9 wks44.5%
112Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke22.0 wks42.6%
113King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon23.5 wks40.1%
114Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield23.7 wks42.2%
115University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing25.4 wks37.2%

Tip: for planned care you can usually ask to be referred to any trust — one with a higher “% within 18 weeks” may treat you sooner. Your right to choose.

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