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Neurosurgery waiting times at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 3,578 people were on the Neurosurgery at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (62%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Neurosurgery across England

People waiting
3,578
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
61.9%
England: 62%
Over 52 weeks
52
Median wait
14 wks
Published median for this list

52 people (1.5%, roughly 1 in 67) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is broadly in line with the England picture 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 4.5% of everyone waiting at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for Neurosurgery at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 61.9% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 54.2% 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
61.9%
3 months earlier · May 2026
61.6% then · change to latest +0.3 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
57.4% then · change to latest +4.5 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
54.2% then · change to latest +7.6 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
59% 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 202661.9%3,578
July 202663%3,574
June 202663%3,546
May 202661.6%3,607
April 202660.9%3,613
March 202661.8%3,442
February 202657.4%3,532
January 202655%3,685
December 202554.3%3,824
November 202551.5%3,728
October 202553.5%3,868
September 202555%3,988
August 202554.2%4,112
July 202556.1%4,083
June 202558.8%3,872
May 202557%4,015
April 202553.1%3,854
March 202554.9%3,821
February 202553.5%3,787
January 202553.2%3,902
December 202453.7%3,973
November 202454.5%3,843
October 202454.5%3,836
September 202454.1%3,761
August 202454.9%3,868
July 202456.6%3,747
June 202457.4%3,664
May 202458.4%3,614
April 202459%3,498
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 neurosurgery 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 Neurosurgery
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust1.7 mi3,01856%-6 pp
Barts Health NHS Trust3.5 mi1,44150%-12.2 pp
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust4.4 mi2,77965%+3.5 pp
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust7 mi4,08759%-3.2 pp
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust8.6 mi1100%+38.2 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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