General surgery at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Watford General general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 3 to 49 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 44 weeks. 54% 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 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals 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 20246.258.616.0
October 20245.354.515.7
November 20243.653.315.2
December 20243.850.715.4
January 20253.944.115.9
February 20253.352.915.5
March 20253.851.115.0
April 20253.650.513.8
May 20252.746.914.1
June 20253.346.014.4
July 20253.543.814.7
August 20252.546.615.4
September 20253.244.516.1
October 20252.949.816.6
November 20253.055.016.9
December 20252.545.416.6
January 20264.154.316.5
February 20263.253.115.8
March 20264.554.714.4
April 20264.648.414.4
May 20264.349.215.6
June 20264.249.715.7
July 20263.247.715.5
August 20263.148.916.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
2 to 40weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 40 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 969 people treated in the month.

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

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