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General surgery at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal and Fairfield General general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 20 to 64 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 19 weeks and 9 in 10 under 53 weeks. 49% are within 18 weeks.

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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

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20 to 64weeks

Half seen within 20 weeks, 9 in 10 within 64 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 19 weeks, 9 in 10 under 53 weeks. 541 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 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03570September 2024August 2026

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 202420.961.317.5
October 202413.558.018.2
November 202419.860.019.1
December 202419.658.919.4
January 202520.360.519.1
February 202516.860.719.4
March 202517.661.019.7
April 202521.864.019.7
May 202525.964.818.9
June 202521.665.518.6
July 202531.864.718.0
August 202521.064.218.3
September 202526.264.717.9
October 202523.065.218.1
November 202523.964.318.9
December 202524.062.920.2
January 202630.865.220.6
February 202626.165.120.8
March 202631.266.218.4
April 202624.565.317.3
May 202619.963.519.0
June 202618.564.118.8
July 202621.964.218.8
August 202619.964.418.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Huddersfield Private Hospital

Independent hospital, 24.5 miles away

4 to 19weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 89 people treated in the month.

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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.8 miles away

5 to 39weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 39 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 1,721 people treated in the month.

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

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