General surgery at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Southampton General general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 14 to 60 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 48 weeks. 61% are within 18 weeks.

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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 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
04590September 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 20246.855.218.5
October 202413.659.017.8
November 20249.452.018.3
December 202410.857.617.8
January 202515.363.116.6
February 202511.560.417.1
March 202513.861.316.0
April 202512.659.316.6
May 202512.059.817.0
June 202516.960.717.0
July 202512.550.516.8
August 202511.457.518.1
September 202512.465.218.6
October 202518.686.219.1
November 202516.864.318.4
December 202515.359.417.8
January 202617.558.516.4
February 202620.559.116.0
March 202617.857.915.5
April 202615.354.015.3
May 202615.853.515.4
June 20269.644.315.3
July 202615.458.214.6
August 202613.960.113.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
4 to 38weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 38 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 1,741 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 17.2 miles away

10 to 45weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 45 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 204 people treated in the month.

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

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