General surgery at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Southmead and Bristol Eye general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 22 to 44 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 74% are within 18 weeks.

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22 to 44weeks

Half seen within 22 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 141 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 Bristol 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 20248.1
October 20246.041.65.9
November 20249.3
December 202412.0
January 202514.5
February 20257.0
March 20256.3
April 20251.8
May 20253.8
June 20257.8
July 20256.5
August 20253.0
September 20252.9
October 20254.0
November 20253.6
December 20257.0
January 20268.8
February 20262.514.910.3
March 20268.2
April 20265.831.46.0
May 20268.526.96.5
June 20269.519.08.4
July 202614.341.59.1
August 202621.843.710.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Independent Health Group

Independent provider, 12.8 miles away

6 to 18weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 18 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 13 weeks. 160 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green

Independent hospital, 5.6 miles away

10 to 28weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 28 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 64 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet

Independent hospital, 18.7 miles away

11 to 25weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 72 people treated in the month.

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