General surgery at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bedford Hospital South Wing and Luton and Dunstable general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 20 to 51 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 55% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 20 weeks, 9 in 10 within 51 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 16 weeks, 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 428 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 Bedfordshire Hospitals 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 202416.561.118.6
October 202415.262.319.1
November 202411.959.418.8
December 202411.057.020.2
January 202514.458.919.7
February 202511.759.519.1
March 202513.456.018.5
April 202511.556.418.3
May 202516.156.916.6
June 202516.056.915.8
July 202515.351.115.5
August 202522.154.414.2
September 202515.053.214.1
October 202513.650.313.9
November 202513.648.013.0
December 202514.847.013.3
January 202616.348.113.5
February 202617.948.514.3
March 202616.451.214.6
April 202623.752.915.2
May 202621.449.815.1
June 202621.252.215.9
July 202617.050.316.2
August 202620.351.316.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
3 to 49weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 49 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 16 weeks, 9 in 10 under 44 weeks. 857 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Hendon Hospital

Independent hospital, 23.4 miles away

5 to 19weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 29 weeks. 82 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Clementine Churchill Hospital

Independent hospital, 23.5 miles away

8 to 16weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 13 weeks. 130 people treated in the month.

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

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