South West
5 NHS trusts in South West publish Cardiothoracic Surgery Service waiting times for May 2026, with 980 patients waiting between them. The shortest median wait is 3 weeks at North Bristol NHS Trust; the longest is 16 weeks at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.
In England you can ask to be referred to any of these trusts — you are not restricted to the nearest one.
NHS trusts only, ranked by median wait. Regions are inferred from each trust's postcode — see methodology.
All Cardiothoracic Surgery Service trusts across England →
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Source: NHS England Referral-to-Treatment statistics, May 2026. Incomplete pathways, median wait per trust. Open Government Licence v3.0.