Brain and spine surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Leeds General Infirmary and St James neurosurgery waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 37 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 45 weeks. 66% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 37 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 45 weeks. 125 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 Leeds Teaching Hospitals 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 20247.844.99.8
October 20249.038.011.1
November 202410.135.611.3
December 20249.634.712.1
January 202510.847.111.3
February 202510.243.711.3
March 20259.440.68.9
April 20259.342.69.7
May 20258.940.79.4
June 20255.457.07.8
July 20257.148.28.6
August 20258.248.59.8
September 20258.029.29.2
October 20257.234.98.8
November 20257.334.68.8
December 20259.347.59.7
January 202612.334.410.2
February 20269.736.510.8
March 202613.447.79.4
April 20269.750.69.5
May 20269.534.510.2
June 202610.447.310.7
July 202610.045.311.1
August 20268.337.011.2

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

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