Hospital service waiting times

General surgery waiting times at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

At the end of June 2026, 4,723 people were on the General surgery at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (72%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust · NHS trust · General surgery across England

People waiting: 4,723; End of June 2026
Under 18 weeks: 71.9%; England: 63%
Over 52 weeks: 0
Median wait: 10 wks; Published median for this list

No one on this list had been waiting more than 52 weeks in June 2026.

This hospital's published position is 8.9 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 12.7% of everyone waiting at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

How this has changed

Between July 2025 and June 2026 the share of people on this list waiting under 18 weeks improved by 13 percentage points (59% to 72%).

Share waiting under 18 weeks: up 6.2 points over 3 months (65.7% in March 2026); up 7.9 points over 6 months (64.0% in December 2025).

Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month

Improving · +13 points

Percentage of people seen within 18 weeks, over the last 12 published months.

View these figures as a table

Percentage seen within 18 weeks by month
Month	Within 18 weeks
July 2025	58.9%
August 2025	60.1%
September 2025	62.7%
October 2025	66.4%
November 2025	68%
December 2025	64%
January 2026	63.6%
February 2026	63.2%
March 2026	65.7%
April 2026	67.1%
May 2026	69.7%
June 2026	71.9%

Month-to-month movements of less than two percentage points are treated as normal variation rather than a real change in direction.

Month-by-month figures

Monthly General surgery figures at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Month	Waiting	Under 18 weeks	Over 52 weeks
July 2025	4,667	58.9%	17
August 2025	4,506	60.1%	11
September 2025	4,514	62.7%	10
October 2025	4,635	66.4%	11
November 2025	4,814	68.0%	20
December 2025	4,314	64.0%	0
January 2026	4,215	63.6%	0
February 2026	4,240	63.2%	0
March 2026	4,467	65.7%	0
April 2026	4,372	67.1%	0
May 2026	4,477	69.7%	0
June 2026	4,723	71.9%	0

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
Trust	Distance	Waiting	Under 18 weeks	Difference
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust	3.3 mi	37	81%	+9.2 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.

Related guides on this site

Work out how long you've waited
Explains how the 18-week measure is counted and what a published percentage represents.
How to switch hospitals for faster NHS treatment
Reference article on how hospital switching works within the NHS.
NHS patient choice explained
Background on the legal basis of NHS patient choice.
What happens after 52 weeks on a waiting list
Background on how year-plus waits are treated in NHS reporting.
How to use PALS about a waiting list
Reference article explaining what a Patient Advice and Liaison Service does.

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