Brain and spine surgery at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

St Mary's and Charing Cross neurosurgery waiting times: most people treated waited 24 to 48 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 15 weeks and 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 56% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 24 weeks, 9 in 10 within 48 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 414 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

Neurosurgery at Imperial College Healthcare 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 202444.067.820.6
October 202439.367.119.7
November 202433.367.819.9
December 202433.367.318.3
January 202525.364.618.9
February 202532.668.718.3
March 202526.367.120.3
April 202524.066.222.0
May 202526.565.524.2
June 202529.063.923.4
July 202525.760.123.7
August 202533.262.524.3
September 202534.156.917.0
October 202531.660.513.6
November 202524.956.312.3
December 202516.252.514.2
January 202618.953.915.1
February 202618.055.715.4
March 202618.154.911.9
April 202612.348.613.0
May 202628.449.313.1
June 202618.747.613.8
July 202626.349.417.1
August 202623.848.315.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital

Independent hospital, 22.2 miles away

10 to 23weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 48 weeks. 23 people treated in the month.

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13 to 48weeks

Half seen within 13 weeks, 9 in 10 within 48 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 370 people treated in the month.

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

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