Other surgical services at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Watford General other surgical services waiting times: most people treated waited 24 to 47 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 79% 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

Other surgical services 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 202417.562.18.8
October 202426.854.210.7
November 202419.854.411.2
December 20249.642.79.8
January 202527.543.010.3
February 202530.050.48.7
March 202527.550.07.9
April 202520.052.67.3
May 20251.547.48.3
June 202510.864.35.8
July 202521.856.24.8
August 20259.555.06.7
September 202512.351.17.6
October 20257.057.27.9
November 202536.556.78.4
December 202526.345.18.2
January 202619.847.88.2
February 202617.048.07.0
March 202615.546.86.5
April 20267.529.96.7
May 20269.037.27.0
June 202622.652.39.4
July 202621.052.410.3
August 202624.247.09.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Spire Harpenden Hospital

Independent hospital, 12.5 miles away

1 to 4weeks

Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 4 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 16 weeks. 46 people treated in the month.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 14.8 miles away

1 to 9weeks

Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 9 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 664 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
2 to 5weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 5 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 2 weeks, 9 in 10 under 10 weeks. 322 people treated in the month.

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