East Surrey waiting times
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust runs East Surrey Hospital. Here is how long people waited for treatment there, by specialty, in August 2026.
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. Reigate and Banstead, South East, RH1 5RH. ODS code RTP.
Sites this trust runs: East Surrey Hospital, Caterham Dene Hospital, Dorking Hospital, Oxted & Limpsfield Hospital. The figures below cover all of them.
Hospital waiting times near Reigate and Banstead. A&E waiting times near Reigate and Banstead.
A&E in September 2026
52% of 11,041 people at this trust's 24-hour A&E departments were seen, treated and admitted or sent home within 4 hours. 432 people waited over 12 hours for a bed after a decision to admit.
Covers every A&E this trust runs.
Waits by specialty
Each band runs from the point where half of patients had been treated to the point where 9 in 10 had.
| Specialty | Treated waits | Waiting now | Within 18 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology | 7 to 25 weeks | 8 to 21 weeks | 88% |
| Dermatology | 5 to 34 weeks | 16 to 51 weeks | 54% |
| Ear, nose and throat | 18 to 57 weeks | 15 to 42 weeks | 58% |
| Elderly medicine | 15 to 34 weeks | 14 to 28 weeks | 69% |
| Gastroenterology | 10 to 45 weeks | 13 to 37 weeks | 66% |
| General surgery | 12 to 46 weeks | 14 to 56 weeks | 59% |
| Gynaecology | 11 to 50 weeks | 13 to 39 weeks | 62% |
| Neurology | 33 to 42 weeks | 16 to 36 weeks | 54% |
| Ophthalmology | 13 to 37 weeks | 10 to 25 weeks | 79% |
| Oral surgery | 31 to 54 weeks | 18 to 42 weeks | 50% |
| Other medical services | 11 to 52 weeks | 16 to 44 weeks | 55% |
| Other paediatric services | 18 to 40 weeks | 10 to 25 weeks | 79% |
| Other services | 3 to 7 weeks | 9 to 30 weeks | 80% |
| Other surgical services | 7 to 45 weeks | 11 to 40 weeks | 69% |
| Respiratory medicine | 7 to 34 weeks | 10 to 29 weeks | 74% |
| Rheumatology | 7 to 29 weeks | 10 to 28 weeks | 75% |
| Trauma and orthopaedics | 19 to 57 weeks | 17 to 44 weeks | 53% |
| Urology | 6 to 39 weeks | 12 to 37 weeks | 65% |
| General internal medicine | Too few patients to show | ||
NHS England figures, . About the data.
Questions people ask
How long is the waiting list at East Surrey?
At the end of August 2026, 51,577 people were on the waiting list across all specialties. Half had waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 64% were within the 18-week standard. Each specialty in the table below has its own figure.
Can I check where I am on the waiting list?
Not from this site: these are NHS England's monthly figures for whole specialties, not individual patients. The NHS App shows your own referral, and the hospital's patient advice and liaison service (PALS) can tell you your position and whether your referral is marked urgent. See how your wait compares.
How do I get seen sooner than the East Surrey wait time?
When your GP refers you, you can choose any hospital in England that holds an NHS contract, including independent hospitals the NHS pays for. If you have already waited over 18 weeks with no date in the next 8 weeks, you can ask to move. Compare every hospital near you first. Hospital waiting times near Reigate and Banstead.