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General surgery waiting times at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 5,621 people were on the General surgery at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (66%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust · NHS trust · General surgery across England

People waiting
5,621
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
65.9%
England: 63.2%
Over 52 weeks
148
Median wait
12 wks
Published median for this list

148 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 9.8% of everyone waiting at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance broadly stable

Published 18-week performance for General surgery at this organisation has been broadly stable over the past 12 months (a change of under 3 percentage points): 65.9% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 63.2% 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
65.9%
3 months earlier · May 2026
65.8% then · change to latest 0 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
60.7% then · change to latest +5.2 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
63.2% then · change to latest +2.7 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
55.9% then · change to latest +10 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202665.9%5,621
July 202667.1%5,844
June 202668.7%5,869
May 202665.8%5,452
April 202664.7%5,492
March 202667%5,183
February 202660.7%5,423
January 202660.7%5,378
December 202561%5,237
November 202562.8%5,287
October 202562.4%5,161
September 202562%5,554
August 202563.2%5,382
July 202564.7%5,442
June 202565.8%5,288
May 202564.3%5,310
April 202561%5,275
March 202561.2%5,080
February 202562.2%5,350
January 202559.5%5,491
December 202457.4%5,744
November 202459%5,952
October 202457.4%5,858
September 202457.2%6,108
August 202454.5%6,098
July 202454.1%6,143
June 202455.2%6,205
May 202455.6%6,042
April 202455.9%5,844
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 general surgery 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 General surgery
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Isle of Wight NHS Trust14 mi72758%-8.2 pp
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust16.9 mi76261%-5.2 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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