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St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: NHS waiting times

At the end of August 2026, 70,983 people were on the St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust all-services waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (64%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

NHS trust · London · ODS code RJ7

People waiting (all services)
70,983
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
63.9%
England: 65.2%
Over 52 weeks
805
Services reported
18
with people currently waiting

805 people (1.1%, roughly 1 in 91) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

Figures are for the whole organisation (trust level), not for an individual hospital site or clinic. The all-services total is the published organisation total, not a sum of the service rows.

Waiting times by service

Each row is one consultant-led service at this organisation, compared with the England figure for the same service in the same month.

Services at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
ServiceWaitingUnder 18 weeksEnglandOver 52 weeks6-month change
Cardiology5,69562%67.9%91-0.3 pp
Dermatology5,42767%69.0%83+9.1 pp
Ear, nose and throat (ENT)5,25157%56.8%16-5.4 pp
Neurology4,52864%62.3%6+2.9 pp
Gynaecology4,14951%59.6%136-5.5 pp
Orthopaedics4,11868%60.9%4+5.9 pp
Neurosurgery4,08759%62.0%12+5.8 pp
Respiratory medicine3,37364%74.1%17+2 pp
Urology3,05564%64.8%6-1.8 pp
Gastroenterology2,75170%69.7%10+0.5 pp
Plastic surgery1,53570%59.4%5+3.5 pp
Rheumatology1,53175%70.4%26+6.6 pp
Oral surgery1,50060%53.8%87-5.2 pp
General surgery1,23447%63.2%67+0.3 pp
Cardiothoracic surgery30392%73.6%0-2.3 pp
General medicine15983%72.3%2-10.8 pp
Ophthalmology7056%72.2%3+5.2 pp
Elderly medicine3697%84.3%0-2.8 pp

How this has changed

Between July 2025 and August 2026 the share of people waiting at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting under 18 weeks stayed broadly stable (61% to 64%).

Share waiting under 18 weeks: broadly unchanged over 3 months (63.1% in May 2026); broadly unchanged over 6 months (62.2% in February 2026); up 3.4 points over 12 months (60.5% in August 2025).

Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month

18-week performance broadly stable · +2.7 points

Percentage of people seen within 18 weeks, over the last 14 published months.

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Percentage seen within 18 weeks by month
MonthWithin 18 weeks
July 202561.2%
August 202560.5%
September 202560.8%
October 202560.5%
November 202560.4%
December 202560.2%
January 202660.5%
February 202662.2%
March 202663.4%
April 202663%
May 202663.1%
June 202664.8%
July 202664.6%
August 202663.9%

Changes of less than 3 percentage points in the share waiting under 18 weeks are treated as broadly stable. This describes the whole waiting list, not how long any one person waits.

Month-by-month figures
Monthly all-services figures for St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
MonthWaitingUnder 18 weeksOver 52 weeks
July 202571,71661.2%1,775
August 202571,21660.5%1,812
September 202570,39760.8%1,777
October 202569,21360.5%1,543
November 202568,49060.4%1,275
December 202568,66860.2%1,038
January 202668,04960.5%918
February 202668,07262.2%728
March 202666,99763.4%427
April 202668,13963.0%471
May 202669,35563.1%579
June 202669,32964.8%570
July 202670,26264.6%710
August 202670,98363.9%805

Diagnostic tests

Tests are measured against a separate six-week standard. Figures for June 2026.

Nearby NHS trusts

Trusts within 25 miles that report waiting figures. Distances are between registered addresses, not travel time.

Waiting times across this area

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Contact details we hold for this organisation

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What these figures cannot tell you

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  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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