General surgery at Circle Reading Hospital

Circle Reading Hospital general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 33 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 79% are within 18 weeks.

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Circle Reading Hospital

Independent hospital

6 to 33weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 33 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 26 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 Circle Reading Hospital, 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 202443.067.913.1
October 202423.558.29.9
November 202419.559.57.7
December 202411.745.77.7
January 202513.550.67.0
February 202514.544.86.2
March 20258.316.27.8
April 202511.535.96.9
May 20258.521.98.2
June 202516.829.66.3
July 202513.025.87.4
August 20259.626.18.6
September 202515.527.37.6
October 202512.426.27.2
November 20257.023.46.9
December 20256.824.36.8
January 202611.027.27.5
February 202611.839.66.0
March 20268.621.36.8
April 20267.433.15.7
May 20263.923.86.3
June 20268.123.67.9
July 20269.318.86.9
August 20266.033.57.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
3 to 59weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 59 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 22 weeks, 9 in 10 under 51 weeks. 601 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 1.7 miles away

4 to 16weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 194 people treated in the month.

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

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