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Healthcare data, medically informed. Built and authored by Mustafa Ghafouri (MBChB, MSc) · doctor-data.co.uk

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Compare Neurosurgical Service NHS Waiting Times by Hospital | HospitalWaits

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All specialties/Neurosurgical Service

National

Neurosurgical Service waiting times across England

Every NHS hospital that publishes data for this specialty, ranked by shortest median wait. Data through March 2026. NHS source.

61

Trusts

56,423

On the list

11 wks

National median

HospitalWaits is a Doctor Data Ltd product

Healthcare data, medically informed. Built and authored by Mustafa Ghafouri (MBChB, MSc) · doctor-data.co.uk

Data sources

NHS England RTT — wait times
NHS ODS — trust info
postcodes.io — geocoding

Data through March 2026

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About
Right to Choose
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All NHS trusts
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Independent tool — not affiliated with or endorsed by the NHS or any provider. This is not medical advice. Your individual wait may differ from medians shown.

62%

Within 18 weeks

Wait times are pooled across all consultants in this specialty at this trust. Your individual wait depends on which consultant you're allocated. Why this matters →

What this means for you

Wait times for Neurosurgical Service at NHS Trusts vary by 16 weeks across England

Fastest: OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST — 9-week wait.
Slowest: MID AND SOUTH ESSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST — 25-week wait.
18-week target: 6 in 10 patients seen within 18 weeks (62%) — below the NHS Constitution standard (9 in 10 patients, 92%).

Use NHS Right to Choose to switch trusts — your GP cannot refuse a non-clinical switch under the NHS Constitution.

Include independent providers (19) in the comparisonPrivate hospitals with NHS contracts (Nuffield, SpaMedica, Practice Plus). Right to Choose applies, but coverage varies by procedure and region.

Read the full Right to Choose nuance for ISPs →

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Ranked NHS Trusts — shortest wait first

Showing 2 NHS Foundation Trusts and NHS Trusts in East with published Neurosurgical Service data. Want to filter by distance from your postcode? Search by postcode →

Found a faster trust? You can ask your GP to refer you under NHS Right to Choose. Use the Generate GP letter button on any trust below to pre-fill a request for that trust.

11weeks
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

National median wait — 12 months

Median of trust-level medians across all NHS providers (proxy for true national median; methodology limitation noted on /methodology).

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CAMBRIDGE · CB2 0QQ

1,866

On the list

66%

Within 18 wks

See wait + GP letter

MID AND SOUTH ESSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA · SS0 0RY

See wait + GP letter