Stoke Mandeville waiting times
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust runs Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Here is how long people waited for treatment there, by specialty, in August 2026.
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Buckinghamshire, South East, HP7 0JD. ODS code RXQ.
Sites this trust runs: Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Amersham Hospital - Whielden Street, Chalfont Hospital, Chesham Hospital (Op), Chiltern Hospital, Marlow Hospital, Paddocks Hospital, Thame Hospital. The figures below cover all of them.
Hospital waiting times near Buckinghamshire. A&E waiting times near Buckinghamshire.
A&E in September 2026
69% of 9,848 people at this trust's 24-hour A&E departments were seen, treated and admitted or sent home within 4 hours. 164 people waited over 12 hours for a bed after a decision to admit.
Covers every A&E this trust runs.
Waits by specialty
Each band runs from the point where half of patients had been treated to the point where 9 in 10 had.
| Specialty | Treated waits | Waiting now | Within 18 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology | 14 to 44 weeks | 15 to 32 weeks | 63% |
| Dermatology | 6 to 45 weeks | 12 to 35 weeks | 72% |
| Ear, nose and throat | 26 to 46 weeks | 14 to 32 weeks | 62% |
| Elderly medicine | 2 to 7 weeks | 6 to 16 weeks | 98% |
| Gastroenterology | 8 to 42 weeks | 12 to 35 weeks | 66% |
| General surgery | 9 to 49 weeks | 15 to 40 weeks | 57% |
| Gynaecology | 15 to 49 weeks | 18 to 42 weeks | 49% |
| Neurology | 42 to 49 weeks | 17 to 41 weeks | 53% |
| Ophthalmology | 15 to 44 weeks | 14 to 32 weeks | 62% |
| Oral surgery | 12 to 46 weeks | 10 to 33 weeks | 73% |
| Other medical services | 11 to 47 weeks | 12 to 38 weeks | 67% |
| Other paediatric services | 12 to 24 weeks | 13 to 29 weeks | 69% |
| Other services | 5 to 20 weeks | 6 to 15 weeks | 99% |
| Other surgical services | 2 to 19 weeks | 8 to 24 weeks | 86% |
| Plastic surgery | 9 to 43 weeks | 14 to 36 weeks | 60% |
| Respiratory medicine | 12 to 34 weeks | 9 to 25 weeks | 83% |
| Rheumatology | 4 to 25 weeks | 8 to 19 weeks | 91% |
| Trauma and orthopaedics | 24 to 50 weeks | 16 to 40 weeks | 56% |
| Urology | 11 to 46 weeks | 13 to 38 weeks | 65% |
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Questions people ask
How long is the waiting list at Stoke Mandeville?
At the end of August 2026, 47,942 people were on the waiting list across all specialties. Half had waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 63% were within the 18-week standard. Each specialty in the table below has its own figure.
Can I check where I am on the waiting list?
Not from this site: these are NHS England's monthly figures for whole specialties, not individual patients. The NHS App shows your own referral, and the hospital's patient advice and liaison service (PALS) can tell you your position and whether your referral is marked urgent. See how your wait compares.
How do I get seen sooner than the Stoke Mandeville wait time?
When your GP refers you, you can choose any hospital in England that holds an NHS contract, including independent hospitals the NHS pays for. If you have already waited over 18 weeks with no date in the next 8 weeks, you can ask to move. Compare every hospital near you first. Hospital waiting times near Buckinghamshire.