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Gastroenterology waiting times at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 1,456 people were on the Gastroenterology at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (74%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Gastroenterology across England

People waiting
1,456
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
73.9%
England: 69.7%
Over 52 weeks
0
Median wait
11 wks
Published median for this list

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

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 2.2% of everyone waiting at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance broadly stable

Published 18-week performance for Gastroenterology at this organisation has been broadly stable over the past 12 months (a change of under 3 percentage points): 73.9% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 71.5% 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
73.9%
3 months earlier · May 2026
78.6% then · change to latest -4.7 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
80.5% then · change to latest -6.6 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
71.5% then · change to latest +2.4 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
78.4% then · change to latest -4.5 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202673.9%1,456
July 202675%1,381
June 202677.6%1,318
May 202678.6%1,284
April 202680.1%1,278
March 202680.8%1,210
February 202680.5%1,273
January 202679.8%1,269
December 202576.6%1,355
November 202572.4%1,412
October 202573.5%1,398
September 202573.1%1,378
August 202571.5%1,334
July 202568.9%1,375
June 202571.9%1,373
May 202574%1,383
April 202572.8%1,405
March 202571.6%1,468
February 202574.4%1,467
January 202577.2%1,375
December 202481%1,305
November 202481.9%1,352
October 202481.5%1,265
September 202479.7%1,277
August 202480.1%1,295
July 202478.9%1,327
June 202478.1%1,336
May 202478.8%1,344
April 202478.4%1,328
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
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust4.1 mi10396%+22.2 pp
Isle of Wight NHS Trust16.4 mi74582%+8.4 pp
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust16.9 mi4,33167%-7.2 pp
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust17.2 mi1,51976%+1.7 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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