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.

116 trusts. Data: July 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
1York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork1.9 wks91.3%
2University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole3.4 wks90.3%
3Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead5.2 wks92.1%
4The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon5.5 wks90.7%
5Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley5.8 wks76.6%
6South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland6.5 wks83.6%
7Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral7.2 wks84.3%
8Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne7.6 wks77.3%
9Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields8.2 wks92.4%
10Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley8.4 wks73.5%
11Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds8.7 wks78.2%
12Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield8.9 wks74.1%
13Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading9.1 wks84.3%
14The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne9.1 wks76.1%
15Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol9.1 wks72.6%
16The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury9.3 wks72.8%
17Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford9.5 wks79.0%
18Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley9.6 wks68.4%
19North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington9.6 wks79.5%
20East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea9.9 wks74.3%
21South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick10.2 wks74.4%
22Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth10.3 wks67.1%
23Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate10.3 wks72.5%
24Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone10.4 wks70.4%
25United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln10.4 wks78.4%
26Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton10.4 wks71.7%
27The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton10.4 wks61.4%
28Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford10.5 wks70.3%
29Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury10.6 wks84.1%
30Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering10.8 wks68.0%
31Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey10.8 wks73.3%
32Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster10.9 wks67.6%
33The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow11.2 wks69.5%
34Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton11.3 wks67.2%
35University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.3 wks90.2%
36James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth11.5 wks66.5%
37Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport11.5 wks64.2%
38East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage11.5 wks67.5%
39Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.6 wks61.2%
40Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham11.6 wks68.6%
41Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon11.7 wks68.6%
42Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield11.8 wks65.5%
43Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester11.8 wks65.2%
44Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford11.9 wks65.8%
45Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill12.1 wks60.4%
46Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury12.1 wks66.3%
47University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester12.3 wks67.8%
48Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon12.3 wks63.8%
49London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow12.3 wks63.9%
50University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent12.4 wks61.6%
51County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington12.4 wks61.1%
52Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby12.4 wks61.4%
53Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot12.5 wks63.9%
54Barts Health NHS TrustLondon12.5 wks65.0%
55East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield12.5 wks62.7%
56Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath12.6 wks67.2%
57University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry12.8 wks62.3%
58North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough12.8 wks62.5%
59South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough13.0 wks63.4%
60East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn13.2 wks61.8%
61Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick13.3 wks62.3%
62The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge13.3 wks62.9%
63Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon13.5 wks61.3%
64North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool13.8 wks60.1%
65Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport13.8 wks55.8%
66Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull13.9 wks58.2%
67University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby13.9 wks57.6%
68Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro13.9 wks59.2%
69Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton14.0 wks57.8%
70The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham14.0 wks58.5%
71Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham14.0 wks50.0%
72Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich14.1 wks58.3%
73Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon14.1 wks60.1%
74Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton14.2 wks61.2%
75Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester14.3 wks59.3%
76Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath14.3 wks63.3%
77Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall14.3 wks57.4%
78Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter14.4 wks59.1%
79Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester14.5 wks58.7%
80Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford14.5 wks56.4%
81East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury14.6 wks56.1%
82University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton14.6 wks56.9%
83Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford14.8 wks56.1%
84Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham14.9 wks56.9%
85George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton14.9 wks56.3%
86Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe14.9 wks56.7%
87Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield15.0 wks55.9%
88Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon15.1 wks57.0%
89University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham15.4 wks57.9%
90West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford15.5 wks56.4%
91Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon15.7 wks55.8%
92West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds15.8 wks54.4%
93The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn15.9 wks53.0%
94Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford16.0 wks54.0%
95Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton16.2 wks53.5%
96East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester16.5 wks52.7%
97Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge17.7 wks50.6%
98Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea17.9 wks50.1%
99Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool18.0 wks50.1%
100Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham18.3 wks49.2%
101North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle18.4 wks49.3%
102Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford18.8 wks48.6%
103Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston19.0 wks47.6%
104Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester19.1 wks46.8%
105University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal19.3 wks46.7%
106St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon19.5 wks46.7%
107The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley19.6 wks46.5%
108Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool20.1 wks45.2%
109Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames20.2 wks46.5%
110Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan20.9 wks44.4%
111Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes21.0 wks43.4%
112Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon21.4 wks42.5%
113Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke22.4 wks42.3%
114Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield22.4 wks41.6%
115King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon23.5 wks40.2%
116University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing26.6 wks35.3%

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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