Brain and spine surgery at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Princess Royal and Denmark Hill neurosurgery waiting times: most people treated waited 13 to 48 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 65% are within 18 weeks.

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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.

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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 King's College Hospital 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 202418.665.816.3
October 202419.461.616.5
November 202417.360.516.3
December 202420.157.316.4
January 202528.356.915.8
February 202517.960.015.3
March 202529.360.015.3
April 202511.451.714.6
May 202512.653.814.5
June 202512.253.013.9
July 20255.548.614.9
August 20254.152.915.7
September 20255.749.314.9
October 202510.453.712.4
November 20259.854.811.3
December 20255.951.712.1
January 20267.548.813.4
February 202611.953.813.8
March 202619.554.611.8
April 202617.450.611.6
May 202613.050.212.9
June 202614.949.512.3
July 202613.748.513.2
August 202612.547.814.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital

Independent hospital, 20.5 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.

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

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