General surgery at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Princess Royal and Royal Shrewsbury general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 4 to 30 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 74% are within 18 weeks.

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Shortest waitHas A&E

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 30 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 1,514 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 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, 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 20249.267.321.5
October 20247.961.420.1
November 20246.058.119.8
December 20245.357.121.2
January 20258.761.619.5
February 202510.157.019.4
March 20258.653.218.8
April 20257.351.917.3
May 20257.148.516.6
June 20256.847.015.3
July 20257.345.815.2
August 20257.042.914.5
September 20256.044.514.1
October 20255.438.112.1
November 20255.236.010.9
December 20254.032.813.1
January 20265.836.913.0
February 20264.135.813.2
March 20264.535.810.2
April 20264.835.510.6
May 20264.937.010.5
June 20264.639.89.5
July 20264.434.59.3
August 20264.029.910.0

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

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