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General surgery at Oaks Hospital

Oaks Hospital general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 29 to 41 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 19 weeks and 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 48% are within 18 weeks.

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Oaks Hospital

Independent hospital

29 to 41weeks

Half seen within 29 weeks, 9 in 10 within 41 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 19 weeks, 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 30 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 Oaks Hospital, 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 202424.553.218.9
October 202427.341.818.6
November 202419.8
December 202421.2
January 202519.0
February 202517.0
March 202514.3
April 202513.3
May 202513.1
June 20259.9
July 202516.861.210.5
August 202518.048.611.2
September 202517.044.211.4
October 202510.3
November 20258.8
December 20259.7
January 202620.043.010.2
February 202612.2
March 202619.533.314.3
April 202617.049.215.0
May 202625.235.016.6
June 202627.047.217.2
July 202617.0
August 202629.040.818.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Springfield Hospital

Independent hospital, 20.5 miles away

19 to 48weeks

Half seen within 19 weeks, 9 in 10 within 48 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 76 people treated in the month.

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

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