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

At the end of August 2026, 3,491 people were on the Gastroenterology at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (67%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

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

People waiting
3,491
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
66.5%
England: 69.7%
Over 52 weeks
42
Median wait
12 wks
Published median for this list

42 people (1.2%, roughly 1 in 83) 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 6.2% of everyone waiting at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for Gastroenterology at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 66.5% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 55% 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
66.5%
3 months earlier · May 2026
60.3% then · change to latest +6.2 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
50.7% then · change to latest +15.7 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
55% then · change to latest +11.5 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
64.6% then · change to latest +1.9 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202666.5%3,491
July 202663.8%3,401
June 202662.3%3,335
May 202660.3%3,294
April 202661.7%3,573
March 202656.3%3,931
February 202650.7%4,591
January 202652.4%4,562
December 202553.4%4,556
November 202557.2%4,518
October 202557.9%4,628
September 202556.6%4,441
August 202555%4,438
July 202554.4%4,282
June 202555.2%4,021
May 202556%3,970
April 202554.5%4,288
March 202554.1%4,389
February 202554.3%4,299
January 202556.5%4,154
December 202459.8%3,748
November 202462.6%3,628
October 202461.3%3,359
September 202461.3%3,246
August 202460.6%2,998
July 202459.8%2,866
June 202460.5%2,867
May 202462.1%2,771
April 202464.6%2,662
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 gastroenterology 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 Gastroenterology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3.2 mi2,75170%+4 pp
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust3.3 mi2,25779%+12.1 pp
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust4.9 mi3,07160%-6.4 pp
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust7.2 mi2,75572%+5.5 pp
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust7.2 mi1,69885%+18.8 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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