Brain and spine surgery at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Addenbrookes neurosurgery waiting times: most people treated waited 18 to 52 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 65% 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 Cambridge University 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 202413.843.99.8
October 202413.943.610.4
November 202413.747.19.6
December 202413.541.19.9
January 202515.144.310.7
February 202513.541.511.5
March 202514.740.69.8
April 202515.248.69.9
May 202513.744.211.3
June 202512.941.312.0
July 202513.240.910.4
August 202513.450.911.7
September 202512.642.811.4
October 202513.447.011.7
November 202513.546.111.3
December 202511.543.911.3
January 202615.950.811.9
February 202615.348.611.8
March 202616.447.611.2
April 202616.145.211.4
May 202615.048.312.8
June 202617.150.211.7
July 202615.846.111.8
August 202617.651.712.4

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

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