General surgery at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

UHB (Good Hope and Heartlands) general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 27 to 49 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 59% 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 Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, 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 202416.459.120.1
October 202413.659.920.1
November 202419.161.919.4
December 202415.862.220.0
January 202513.859.020.5
February 202515.360.622.1
March 202519.658.023.3
April 202521.859.724.8
May 202518.660.125.9
June 202515.160.924.4
July 202520.160.820.2
August 202534.360.317.6
September 202547.362.315.2
October 202525.356.913.7
November 202526.554.014.7
December 202516.551.716.7
January 202616.549.218.4
February 202627.447.117.9
March 202623.946.210.7
April 202617.948.311.9
May 202617.547.412.9
June 202616.648.314.5
July 202628.549.315.4
August 202627.249.413.1

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
7 to 40weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 40 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 1,075 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Meriden Hospital

Independent hospital, 21.3 miles away

8 to 32weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 32 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 106 people treated in the month.

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

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