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Gastroenterology waiting times at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 3,060 people were on the Gastroenterology at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (60%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · NHS trust · Gastroenterology across England

People waiting
3,060
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
59.8%
England: 69.7%
Over 52 weeks
38
Median wait
15 wks
Published median for this list

38 people (1.2%, roughly 1 in 83) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 9.9 percentage points behind 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 7.6% of everyone waiting at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for Gastroenterology at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 59.8% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 47.2% 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
59.8%
3 months earlier · May 2026
61.8% then · change to latest -2 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
62.5% then · change to latest -2.6 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
47.2% then · change to latest +12.7 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
48.4% then · change to latest +11.4 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202659.8%3,060
July 202662.5%2,883
June 202662.1%2,884
May 202661.8%2,844
April 202661.8%2,827
March 202662.7%2,764
February 202662.5%2,682
January 202660.4%2,616
December 202559.2%2,549
November 202557.4%2,535
October 202556.7%2,604
September 202551.3%2,809
August 202547.2%3,096
July 202547.3%3,196
June 202546.9%3,254
May 202546.3%3,395
April 202543.7%3,564
March 202538.4%3,744
February 202536.6%3,572
January 202540.7%3,501
December 202444.8%3,462
November 202448.4%3,448
October 202452.2%3,242
September 202456.2%3,099
August 202459.1%2,916
July 202460.7%3,026
June 202460.7%2,855
May 202453.6%2,170
April 202448.4%1,942
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 gastroenterology 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 Gastroenterology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust14.5 mi4,19483%+23.6 pp
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust16.3 mi1,01092%+32.6 pp
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust16.6 mi2,25665%+4.9 pp
Whittington Health NHS Trust17.2 mi1,10886%+26.3 pp
Barts Health NHS Trust18.6 mi8,81965%+4.9 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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