General surgery at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Basildon and Southend general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 60 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 56 weeks. 53% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 60 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 16 weeks, 9 in 10 under 56 weeks. 1,572 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 Mid and South Essex 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 20248.064.320.1
October 20249.961.218.9
November 20248.762.218.1
December 20246.762.418.4
January 20257.061.419.6
February 20258.062.919.6
March 20257.962.918.3
April 20257.063.219.2
May 20256.862.818.3
June 20257.862.018.6
July 20257.662.819.2
August 20255.760.419.2
September 20257.363.819.5
October 202510.966.818.9
November 20258.861.218.5
December 20258.060.618.4
January 20269.360.818.4
February 202610.964.018.3
March 20269.065.318.6
April 20267.259.119.2
May 20269.158.718.5
June 20268.357.419.4
July 20269.862.617.9
August 20267.759.816.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

KIMS Hospital (Newnham Court)

Independent hospital, 19.3 miles away

6 to 17weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 26 people treated in the month.

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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

NHS trust, 21.3 miles away

7 to 44weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 1,167 people treated in the month.

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Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

NHS trust, 20.2 miles away

7 to 57weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 57 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 50 weeks. 1,434 people treated in the month.

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

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