Home Reports The South East, August 2026 Wait at each trust Royal Berkshire 25 weeks Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells 31 weeks East Sussex Healthcare 37 weeks Isle of Wight 37 weeks Buckinghamshire Healthcare 37 weeks Royal Surrey 39 weeks Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals 40 weeks Surrey and Sussex Healthcare 40 weeks Medway 40 weeks Hampshire Hospitals 41 weeks Frimley Health 41 weeks University Hospital Southampton 41 weeks Oxford University Hospitals 41 weeks Dartford and Gravesham 43 weeks East Kent Hospitals University 44 weeks Portsmouth Hospitals University 44 weeks University Hospitals Sussex 48 weeks Cite this chart Chart: CheckWaitingTimes (checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/reports/august-2026/south-east), from NHS England RTT waiting times, August 2026. Free to reuse with this credit and a link.
Trust Waiting 9 in 10 within Change on July 2026 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 34,597 25 weeks +1 week Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 50,979 31 weeks +1 week East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 55,366 37 weeks same Isle of Wight NHS Trust 12,463 37 weeks same Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 47,942 37 weeks same Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust 31,638 39 weeks +1 week Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 54,829 40 weeks same Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 51,577 40 weeks +1 week Medway NHS Foundation Trust 35,800 40 weeks +1 week Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 49,602 41 weeks same Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust 66,684 41 weeks +1 week University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust 64,765 41 weeks same Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 89,879 41 weeks same Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust 30,105 43 weeks +1 week East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust 85,362 44 weeks same Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust 57,574 44 weeks same University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust 118,139 48 weeks +1 week
Method: the waiting list for all specialties at each NHS trust with a main A&E and 1,000 or more people waiting, grouped by NHS England region. Specialist trusts are in the league table . How waits are worked out .
Latest monthly : NHS England , August 2026 . Data checked 19 October 2026 .
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