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Brain and spine surgery at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Leicester Royal Infirmary neurosurgery waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 51 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 18 weeks and 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 49% are within 18 weeks.

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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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15 to 51weeks

Half seen within 15 weeks, 9 in 10 within 51 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 18 weeks, 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 28 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

Neurosurgery at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS 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 20245.3
October 20246.8
November 20249.0
December 20243.520.310.5
January 20252.522.65.5
February 20253.023.67.1
March 20255.033.211.7
April 202513.4
May 202527.044.412.0
June 202524.835.213.9
July 202515.9
August 202515.6
September 202513.334.516.1
October 202515.538.814.8
November 202536.040.714.7
December 202518.1
January 202625.044.520.2
February 202620.6
March 202642.348.222.8
April 202625.5
May 202639.248.623.3
June 202623.043.020.0
July 202641.349.416.0
August 202615.051.418.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Meriden Hospital

Independent hospital, 18.9 miles away

4 to 16weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 104 people treated in the month.

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

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