General surgery at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Lister general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 17 to 38 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 66% 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

General surgery at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching 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 202411.048.115.8
October 20248.541.815.8
November 20246.740.816.0
December 20246.433.715.5
January 20258.238.614.8
February 20258.443.813.4
March 20258.538.512.7
April 202511.138.613.5
May 202514.640.514.2
June 202513.139.613.4
July 202514.442.111.7
August 202512.838.412.8
September 202513.543.611.1
October 202513.138.79.9
November 202511.940.210.3
December 202512.935.310.8
January 202611.037.111.7
February 202613.639.510.8
March 202614.541.29.9
April 202614.239.810.6
May 202614.238.911.9
June 202617.140.211.2
July 202617.642.211.5
August 202617.337.912.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
2 to 40weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 40 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 969 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital

Independent hospital, 24.1 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.

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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