Bladder, kidneys and prostate at Shirley Oaks Hospital

Shirley Oaks Hospital urology waiting times: most people treated waited 17 to 50 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 66% are within 18 weeks.

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Shirley Oaks Hospital

Independent hospital

17 to 50weeks

Half seen within 17 weeks, 9 in 10 within 50 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 35 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

Urology at Shirley Oaks Hospital, 24 months to August 2026
03060September 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 202413.540.58.3
October 202412.627.77.5
November 202413.540.28.9
December 202414.033.911.2
January 202520.347.912.0
February 202519.527.612.7
March 202523.354.810.6
April 202521.048.610.7
May 202523.542.510.9
June 202520.537.88.3
July 202519.528.98.9
August 202510.6
September 202518.827.49.2
October 202518.044.28.7
November 202518.533.07.9
December 20259.1
January 202619.337.18.6
February 202613.420.710.1
March 202613.328.38.6
April 202615.334.07.4
May 20269.025.39.3
June 202610.032.310.4
July 20269.528.414.3
August 202616.550.211.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Chelsfield Park Hospital

Independent hospital, 8.2 miles away

5 to 11weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 11 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 28 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Sloane Hospital

Independent hospital, 2.9 miles away

5 to 21weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 37 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Blackheath Hospital

Independent hospital, 6.2 miles away

6 to 23weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 86 people treated in the month.

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

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