General surgery at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Croydon general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 17 to 47 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 66% are within 18 weeks.

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Has A&E
17 to 47weeks

Half seen within 17 weeks, 9 in 10 within 47 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 284 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 Croydon Health Services NHS 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 202414.449.413.7
October 202413.051.512.9
November 202410.850.712.0
December 20249.951.512.5
January 202510.652.312.1
February 202510.352.411.3
March 20257.851.310.3
April 20258.352.712.0
May 20259.656.612.9
June 20258.155.712.5
July 20259.754.512.8
August 202513.654.313.7
September 20259.857.213.5
October 202515.858.613.6
November 202518.358.812.6
December 202511.756.113.9
January 202614.853.013.9
February 202622.852.612.2
March 202623.451.910.3
April 202614.353.411.2
May 202613.153.712.3
June 202615.650.812.0
July 202616.449.912.6
August 202616.747.313.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital

Independent hospital, 13.1 miles away

3 to 13weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 13 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 42 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc)

Independent provider, 9.6 miles away

3 to 17weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 13 weeks. 33 people treated in the month.

Has 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.

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

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