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Brain and spine surgery at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Queens and King Georges neurosurgery waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 45 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 68% are within 18 weeks.

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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

Neurosurgery at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, 23 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 202431.352.318.7
October 202430.651.418.0
November 202431.851.917.4
December 202434.550.915.9
January 202529.147.915.6
February 202525.248.215.5
March 202518.746.216.4
April 202519.646.516.9
May 202519.647.218.3
June 202523.048.018.2
July 202524.346.116.1
August 202519.747.013.8
September 202525.247.912.2
October 202515.247.711.3
December 202511.348.711.2
January 202615.752.512.2
February 202615.442.012.0
March 202617.543.610.3
April 202616.640.99.8
May 202614.540.49.9
June 202614.340.49.9
July 202612.041.211.2
August 202614.644.812.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital

Independent hospital, 6.9 miles away

10 to 23weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 48 weeks. 23 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 13.6 miles away

13 to 48weeks

Half seen within 13 weeks, 9 in 10 within 48 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 370 people treated in the month.

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

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