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General surgery waiting times at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 762 people were on the General surgery at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (61%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · General surgery across England

People waiting
762
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
60.6%
England: 63.2%
Over 52 weeks
45
Median wait
13 wks
Published median for this list

45 people (5.9%, roughly 1 in 17) 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 1.2% of everyone waiting at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for General surgery at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 60.6% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 49.9% 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
60.6%
3 months earlier · May 2026
54.8% then · change to latest +5.8 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
54.5% then · change to latest +6.2 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
49.9% then · change to latest +10.8 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
46.3% then · change to latest +14.4 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202660.6%762
July 202656.9%750
June 202657.1%765
May 202654.8%784
April 202655.9%742
March 202654.9%774
February 202654.5%841
January 202653%912
December 202550.6%902
November 202549.1%954
October 202547.2%1,025
September 202548.8%1,081
August 202549.9%1,101
July 202552.6%1,093
June 202551.6%1,061
May 202552.6%1,054
April 202552.9%1,057
March 202553.5%1,081
February 202551.8%1,060
January 202552.9%1,065
December 202450.2%1,061
November 202449.5%1,061
October 202450.2%1,034
September 202448.7%1,014
August 202449.9%1,041
July 202448.6%1,047
June 202449.5%1,079
May 202448.2%1,123
April 202446.3%1,120
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 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
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Isle of Wight NHS Trust16.4 mi72758%-3 pp
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust16.9 mi5,62166%+5.2 pp
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust17.2 mi1,19866%+5.5 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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