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Gynaecology waiting times at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 3,979 people were on the Gynaecology at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 5 in 10 people (52%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

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

People waiting
3,979
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
52.0%
England: 59.6%
Over 52 weeks
298
Median wait
18 wks
Published median for this list

298 people (7.5%, roughly 1 in 13) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 7.6 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 6.1% of everyone waiting at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance broadly stable

Published 18-week performance for Gynaecology at this organisation has been broadly stable over the past 12 months (a change of under 3 percentage points): 52% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 52.8% 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
52%
3 months earlier · May 2026
52.7% then · change to latest -0.7 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
50.7% then · change to latest +1.3 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
52.8% then · change to latest -0.8 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
48.2% then · change to latest +3.8 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202652%3,979
July 202654%4,186
June 202652.6%4,212
May 202652.7%4,277
April 202650.8%4,160
March 202651.1%4,121
February 202650.7%4,255
January 202651%4,219
December 202550.6%4,302
November 202550.4%4,350
October 202552%4,461
September 202553.2%4,395
August 202552.8%4,373
July 202554%4,333
June 202552.3%4,350
May 202553.7%4,480
April 202553%4,506
March 202553.3%4,461
February 202552.5%4,395
January 202552.8%4,433
December 202452.3%4,296
November 202451.6%4,248
October 202452%4,281
September 202452.2%4,174
August 202450.9%4,168
July 202452%4,388
June 202450.2%4,793
May 202449.4%4,777
April 202448.2%4,794
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 gynaecology 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 Gynaecology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Isle of Wight NHS Trust16.4 mi79280%+27.9 pp
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust16.9 mi5,37456%+4.5 pp
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust17.2 mi2,73270%+17.7 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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