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General surgery waiting times at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 1,225 people were on the General surgery at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (73%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · General surgery across England

People waiting
1,225
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
72.5%
England: 63.2%
Over 52 weeks
38
Median wait
12 wks
Published median for this list

38 people (3.1%, roughly 1 in 32) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 9.3 percentage points better than the England figure 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 3.8% of everyone waiting at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for General surgery at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 72.5% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 47.1% 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
72.5%
3 months earlier · May 2026
59.5% then · change to latest +13 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
40.5% then · change to latest +32 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
47.1% then · change to latest +25.4 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
55.1% then · change to latest +17.4 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202672.5%1,225
July 202674.4%1,155
June 202666.3%1,041
May 202659.5%904
April 202652%788
March 202645.1%771
February 202640.5%879
January 202634.7%966
December 202527.3%1,075
November 202527.9%1,160
October 202531.7%1,206
September 202540.5%1,263
August 202547.1%1,375
July 202550%1,425
June 202551.4%1,572
May 202552.2%1,499
April 202552.5%1,502
March 202551.2%1,487
February 202553.5%1,590
January 202554%1,615
December 202452.9%1,576
November 202455.9%1,562
October 202457.8%1,416
September 202458.9%1,351
August 202460.9%1,374
July 202459.9%1,366
June 202456.9%1,324
May 202456.9%1,363
April 202455.1%1,333
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
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust10.9 mi7,81461%-11.4 pp
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust16 mi1,28358%-14.1 pp
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust18.8 mi4,54659%-13.3 pp
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust20.8 mi4,70864%-8.6 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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