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Neurology waiting times at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 1,920 people were on the Neurology at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (63%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · NHS trust · Neurology across England

People waiting
1,920
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
63.2%
England: 62.3%
Over 52 weeks
0
Median wait
15 wks
Published median for this list

No one on this list had been waiting more than 52 weeks in August 2026.

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 3.5% of everyone waiting at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for Neurology at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 63.2% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 43.5% 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
63.2%
3 months earlier · May 2026
79.5% then · change to latest -16.3 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
53% then · change to latest +10.2 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
43.5% then · change to latest +19.6 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
46.3% then · change to latest +16.9 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202663.2%1,920
July 202665.5%1,868
June 202675.3%2,097
May 202679.5%2,162
April 202678%1,831
March 202674.1%1,600
February 202653%1,945
January 202650.5%2,002
December 202545.9%2,288
November 202543.5%2,565
October 202543.3%2,724
September 202541.9%2,809
August 202543.5%3,115
July 202545.2%3,169
June 202547.9%3,202
May 202546.6%3,324
April 202546%3,238
March 202545.4%3,281
February 202544.1%3,395
January 202540.8%3,501
December 202441.4%3,620
November 202440.9%3,691
October 202440.2%3,877
September 202440.9%4,060
August 202440.4%4,057
July 202441.6%4,113
June 202442.8%4,061
May 202444.7%3,944
April 202446.3%3,892
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 neurology 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 Neurology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust3.4 mi2,25479%+16 pp
Barts Health NHS Trust4.7 mi2,98756%-7.1 pp
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust5.3 mi1,03588%+24.7 pp
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust5.9 mi76678%+14.5 pp
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust6.9 mi33597%+33.5 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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