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.

117 trusts. Data: June 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 TrustCheltenham2.0 wks100.0%
2University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole3.4 wks93.8%
3York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork3.7 wks93.1%
4Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead5.1 wks91.7%
5The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon5.3 wks90.2%
6Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley5.8 wks78.4%
7South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland6.8 wks83.3%
8Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne6.9 wks77.4%
9University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustPlymouth7.3 wks87.0%
10Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury7.5 wks81.1%
11North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington8.0 wks80.4%
12Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol8.4 wks76.6%
13Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds8.5 wks79.4%
14Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields8.6 wks92.5%
15Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley8.9 wks72.0%
16University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon9.0 wks84.5%
17Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield9.1 wks73.5%
18Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading9.1 wks86.3%
19Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford9.4 wks78.0%
20The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury9.5 wks71.9%
21South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick9.5 wks66.3%
22Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth9.6 wks68.7%
23Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley9.6 wks68.9%
24Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral9.6 wks80.8%
25Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate9.7 wks75.7%
26The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne9.8 wks73.8%
27Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone10.4 wks71.3%
28East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea10.5 wks70.6%
29Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford10.5 wks70.4%
30The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow10.7 wks69.6%
31United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln10.8 wks76.8%
32Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury11.0 wks69.3%
33East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage11.2 wks70.0%
34Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster11.3 wks68.3%
35Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton11.4 wks65.6%
36Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham11.4 wks68.3%
37Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering11.6 wks64.7%
38Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon11.8 wks69.0%
39Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield11.8 wks63.6%
40Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford11.9 wks65.0%
41Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton12.0 wks68.6%
42Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath12.0 wks69.4%
43Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey12.0 wks74.9%
44Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport12.3 wks63.8%
45Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester12.3 wks68.4%
46Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby12.4 wks62.9%
47James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth12.4 wks63.1%
48Barts Health NHS TrustLondon12.5 wks65.6%
49The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge12.5 wks62.0%
50University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester12.8 wks67.9%
51Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot13.0 wks64.1%
52University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent13.1 wks61.9%
53County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington13.1 wks59.9%
54London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow13.1 wks62.3%
55North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough13.2 wks61.8%
56Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon13.2 wks60.1%
57South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough13.3 wks63.8%
58Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon13.4 wks62.6%
59University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry13.5 wks61.5%
60East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn13.6 wks60.6%
61Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick13.7 wks63.9%
62Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.7 wks61.8%
63Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich13.9 wks59.5%
64Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro14.0 wks60.2%
65Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester14.1 wks60.6%
66Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter14.1 wks60.8%
67East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury14.3 wks57.8%
68North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool14.4 wks59.5%
69Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon14.4 wks60.0%
70The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham14.4 wks58.2%
71East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield14.4 wks57.8%
72Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull14.5 wks58.0%
73Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford14.5 wks57.4%
74Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester14.5 wks59.5%
75University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham14.5 wks63.7%
76Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton14.5 wks61.0%
77Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton14.7 wks60.9%
78Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham14.8 wks59.5%
79Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill14.8 wks57.1%
80University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby15.0 wks57.8%
81Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield15.0 wks56.4%
82Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath15.2 wks59.6%
83University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton15.3 wks57.1%
84Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall15.5 wks56.2%
85Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford15.5 wks57.0%
86Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham15.6 wks59.2%
87Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon15.7 wks56.6%
88West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford15.7 wks56.8%
89Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton15.9 wks55.6%
90West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds15.9 wks54.2%
91George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton15.9 wks56.0%
92Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon16.2 wks55.8%
93Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool16.3 wks56.3%
94The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton16.5 wks52.8%
95East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester16.7 wks53.4%
96Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford16.8 wks52.9%
97Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge17.2 wks52.2%
98Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport17.2 wks52.2%
99Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe17.4 wks51.0%
100North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle17.4 wks51.7%
101The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley17.7 wks50.8%
102The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn17.8 wks50.5%
103Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester17.9 wks50.3%
104Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames17.9 wks50.7%
105University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal18.6 wks48.5%
106Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford18.8 wks48.3%
107Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea19.4 wks47.6%
108Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston19.4 wks48.0%
109Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool19.6 wks44.8%
110Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield19.7 wks47.7%
111Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes19.8 wks45.7%
112Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan20.1 wks45.8%
113St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon20.3 wks45.9%
114Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon21.6 wks41.7%
115Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke21.9 wks41.6%
116King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon23.9 wks39.9%
117University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing27.4 wks33.8%

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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