Brain and spine surgery at Barts Health NHS Trust

Whipps Cross and Newham General neurosurgery waiting times: most people treated waited 20 to 55 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 18 weeks and 9 in 10 under 45 weeks. 50% are within 18 weeks.

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20 to 55weeks

Half seen within 20 weeks, 9 in 10 within 55 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 18 weeks, 9 in 10 under 45 weeks. 143 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

Neurosurgery at Barts Health NHS 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 202427.558.815.0
October 202414.055.712.7
November 202411.952.211.2
December 202419.352.910.9
January 202510.948.411.1
February 202514.351.912.0
March 202517.750.013.7
April 202515.152.211.6
May 202516.153.111.2
June 202516.142.311.6
July 202518.050.612.6
August 202511.941.514.2
September 202513.043.015.2
October 202515.552.117.3
November 202513.844.717.7
December 202518.355.119.1
January 202621.656.820.2
February 202621.257.819.0
March 202620.852.516.6
April 202620.557.915.3
May 202632.857.615.1
June 202627.354.916.2
July 202622.354.717.5
August 202619.855.418.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital

Independent hospital, 17.5 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.

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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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