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Cardiology waiting times at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 3,442 people were on the Cardiology at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (64%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · NHS trust · Cardiology across England

People waiting
3,442
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
63.9%
England: 67.9%
Over 52 weeks
89
Median wait
14 wks
Published median for this list

89 people (2.6%, roughly 1 in 38) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is broadly in line with the England picture for this service.

Why this page exists

This page combines facts that neither the organisation page nor the England specialty page shows on its own: the current published figure for this one service at this one organisation; how that figure has moved over the months we hold; the England figure for the same service in the same month; other NHS trusts within 25 miles reporting the same service; the published median wait and 52-week count for this list; the other services this organisation reports. This service accounts for 6.1% of everyone waiting at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

Cardiology, NHS England Referral to Treatment figures, April 2024 to August 2026.

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for Cardiology at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 63.9% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 57.5% at the end of August 2025.

Share of people on the waiting list who had been waiting under 18 weeks, at the end of each month. Scale runs from 0% to 100%.
Latest · August 2026
63.9%
3 months earlier · May 2026
61.1% then · change to latest +2.8 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
71.2% then · change to latest -7.3 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
57.5% then · change to latest +6.4 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
58.5% then · change to latest +5.4 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202663.9%3,442
July 202662.7%3,511
June 202661.6%3,758
May 202661.1%3,798
April 202672.9%5,255
March 202674.6%5,138
February 202671.2%4,875
January 202666%3,546
December 202558.4%3,085
November 202557.5%2,864
October 202559.3%2,838
September 202558.3%2,952
August 202557.5%2,987
July 202559.2%2,939
June 202558.3%2,892
May 202559.2%2,703
April 202560.3%2,414
March 202564.3%2,318
February 202563.1%2,333
January 202560.1%2,423
December 202458%2,783
November 202455.4%2,836
October 202454.8%2,796
September 202457.1%2,840
August 202457.7%2,679
July 202460.5%2,637
June 202461.7%2,790
May 202457.6%2,991
April 202458.5%2,940
How we calculate change
  • Each month's figure is the number of people waiting under 18 weeks divided by everyone on the waiting list, from NHS England's published monthly files.
  • Changes compare the latest month with exactly 3, 6 and 12 months earlier, only where both months are published and the list has at least 50 people.
  • The 12-month label is "improved" or "deteriorated" only if the share moved by 3 percentage points or more; smaller moves are called "broadly stable".
  • Where NHS England reissued a month's file, we use the revised file. Months we do not have are left as gaps and never estimated.
  • Earlier months come from our archive of NHS England's published files and are checked against our current figures wherever both exist.

What these figures cannot tell you

  • These are whole-list figures for one specialty at one organisation. They describe the published waiting list, not how long any one person will wait.
  • This specialty covers many conditions and treatments. These figures are not specific to any one operation or condition.
  • Figures are published for the whole organisation, which may run several hospital sites. They do not show the position at any single site.
  • Patients are prioritised by clinical need, so people on the same list can wait very different times.
  • A higher share within 18 weeks is not a measure of the quality of care.

Other NHS trusts offering cardiology within 25 miles

Published figures only. These are whole-list figures for each organisation in one month; a different organisation's published position does not mean an individual referral would move faster there.

Alternative trusts for Cardiology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3.2 mi5,69562%-2.1 pp
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust3.3 mi1,46778%+14.3 pp
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust4.9 mi1,80768%+4.3 pp
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust7.2 mi5,06868%+3.7 pp
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust7.2 mi1,80496%+32.3 pp

What these figures cannot tell you

  • Where you are in a queue, or when you will be seen or treated.
  • How urgent your own referral is. These are aggregate waiting-list figures and do not show the clinical priority of an individual patient.
  • Anything about a specific consultant, clinic or site within a trust.
  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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