General surgery at Rivers Hospital

Rivers Hospital general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 18 to 30 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 68% are within 18 weeks.

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Rivers Hospital

Independent hospital

18 to 30weeks

Half seen within 18 weeks, 9 in 10 within 30 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 96 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 Rivers 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 202414.560.99.3
October 202412.541.98.8
November 202414.858.07.5
December 202417.339.38.3
January 202515.747.611.1
February 202513.545.27.9
March 202516.840.69.7
April 20258.536.310.9
May 202511.945.611.5
June 202515.343.010.4
July 202510.337.210.8
August 202511.827.89.9
September 202517.037.09.9
October 202515.436.510.1
November 202515.734.910.6
December 202517.141.910.8
January 202617.236.911.4
February 202620.044.310.5
March 202620.232.010.7
April 202620.736.011.7
May 202618.638.113.6
June 202620.140.413.4
July 202619.837.211.8
August 202617.830.311.5

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.

Free on the NHS

Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital

Independent hospital, 20.1 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.

Has A&E

Whittington Health NHS Trust

NHS trust, 20.2 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.

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

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