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Plastic surgery waiting times at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 1,535 people were on the Plastic surgery at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (70%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Plastic surgery across England

People waiting
1,535
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
69.6%
England: 59.4%
Over 52 weeks
5
Median wait
11 wks
Published median for this list

5 people (0.3%, roughly 1 in 333) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 10.2 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 2.2% of everyone waiting at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance broadly stable

Published 18-week performance for Plastic surgery at this organisation has been broadly stable over the past 12 months (a change of under 3 percentage points): 69.6% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 68.6% 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
69.6%
3 months earlier · May 2026
65.2% then · change to latest +4.4 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
66% then · change to latest +3.5 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
68.6% then · change to latest +1 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
66.7% then · change to latest +2.8 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202669.6%1,535
July 202667.9%1,522
June 202667.1%1,500
May 202665.2%1,489
April 202666.3%1,548
March 202666.2%1,558
February 202666%1,569
January 202665%1,623
December 202562.4%1,674
November 202560.7%1,642
October 202565%1,606
September 202566.9%1,609
August 202568.6%1,582
July 202570.9%1,606
June 202572.2%1,560
May 202571.1%1,549
April 202568.6%1,531
March 202569%1,560
February 202568.5%1,472
January 202567.4%1,548
December 202468.1%1,524
November 202469.4%1,584
October 202467.8%1,694
September 202466%1,627
August 202463.7%1,726
July 202464%1,783
June 202465.2%1,783
May 202468.3%1,740
April 202466.7%1,765
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 plastic 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 Plastic surgery
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust3.9 mi8460%-10.1 pp
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust4 mi3,07652%-17.7 pp
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust4.4 mi5082%+12.4 pp
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust4.5 mi5677%+7.2 pp
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust4.7 mi31592%+22.2 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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