General surgery at Spire Harpenden Hospital

Spire Harpenden Hospital general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 9 to 28 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 90% are within 18 weeks.

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Spire Harpenden Hospital

Independent hospital

9 to 28weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 28 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 40 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 Spire Harpenden Hospital, 24 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 20248.819.35.9
October 20249.731.87.4
November 202411.124.37.0
December 20249.624.55.1
January 20257.219.26.2
February 20258.817.04.9
March 20256.212.15.0
April 20256.622.05.8
May 20254.314.05.6
June 20254.615.54.8
July 20257.615.07.7
August 20256.814.87.6
September 20259.823.76.2
October 20254.715.95.8
November 20256.519.67.4
December 20254.322.48.7
January 20267.829.19.5
February 20266.228.46.1
March 20268.9
April 202611.532.18.1
May 202611.024.68.8
June 20268.529.08.3
July 202610.635.14.8
August 20269.027.87.8

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, 19.4 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.

Has A&E
3 to 49weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 49 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 16 weeks, 9 in 10 under 44 weeks. 857 people treated in the month.

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