General surgery at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Airedale General general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 4 to 44 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 78% are within 18 weeks.

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4 to 44weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 664 people treated in the month.

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Based on the waiting-now figures for August 2026. Not a prediction of your own wait: urgency decides who is seen first.

How the wait has changed

General surgery at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
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Shaded band: half to 9 in 10 of people treated that month. Line: the median wait of people still waiting. Weeks on the left.

The numbers behind the chart
MonthTreated, half withinTreated, 9 in 10 withinWaiting now, half within
September 20245.355.712.1
October 20244.248.610.9
November 20242.848.210.9
December 20244.147.511.0
January 20256.045.610.2
February 20254.544.910.3
March 20254.838.98.9
April 20254.434.28.6
May 20253.031.910.0
June 20253.239.59.5
July 20253.742.110.4
August 20253.837.510.7
September 20252.840.710.1
October 20254.038.59.0
November 20253.633.09.6
December 20253.129.010.5
January 20264.834.810.8
February 20264.038.99.6
March 20263.936.08.4
April 20263.326.19.5
May 20263.027.610.3
June 20264.733.28.9
July 20263.134.38.4
August 20264.443.77.5

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Huddersfield Private Hospital

Independent hospital, 17.9 miles away

4 to 19weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 89 people treated in the month.

NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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