General surgery at Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital

Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 35 to 44 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 31 weeks and 9 in 10 under 47 weeks. 34% are within 18 weeks.

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35 to 44weeks

Half seen within 35 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 31 weeks, 9 in 10 under 47 weeks. 34 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 Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital, 20 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 20248.5
October 202419.044.48.6
November 202412.524.29.7
December 202413.024.79.8
January 202514.526.811.0
February 202514.033.112.2
March 202516.525.811.3
April 20258.025.111.0
May 202516.064.515.9
June 202520.266.420.5
July 202525.070.622.8
August 202556.073.119.3
September 202523.071.315.5
October 202525.074.845.0
March 2026
April 202612.378.014.9
May 202612.0104.019.6
June 202616.880.025.8
July 202619.038.831.0
August 202635.344.331.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
2 to 40weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 40 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 969 people treated in the month.

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Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital

Independent hospital, 20.4 miles away

3 to 13weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 13 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 42 people treated in the month.

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Whittington Health NHS Trust

NHS trust, 19.8 miles away

4 to 45weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 45 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 977 people treated in the month.

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