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NHS waiting times
Data through August 2026. NHS source.
Hydrocele repair is usually treated within the NHS Urology Service pathway. The national median wait so far is 10 weeks across 214 NHS trusts and independent providers reporting to the NHS. It is time waited since referral by people still waiting on the whole Urology Service list, not a wait for hydrocele repair on its own. On that list, 6 in 10 patients have waited less than 18 weeks, the maximum wait set out in the Handbook to the NHS Constitution for non-urgent consultant-led treatment (the 18-week standard is at least 92%). The wait at any individual hospital can be materially shorter or longer than this national median — the ranking below shows the shortest-wait trusts first.
The national median NHS wait for Hydrocele repair is 10 weeks as of August 2026, across 214 NHS trusts and independent providers reporting to the NHS, and 9 in 10 current patients are within 37 weeks. But the wait varies significantly between trusts — see the full ranking to find the shortest wait near you.
The median shows time waited so far by the current list — a new routine referral will often wait longer. Why these differ →
If your GP suspects cancer, this is different. The symptoms behind this page can have many causes, and sometimes they are a sign of cancer. If you have been referred on the urgent suspected-cancer pathway (an urgent referral for suspected cancer), that is separate from the routine waiting list below — you should be seen quickly wherever you are referred, and it is not something to shop around on. If you have symptoms that worry you, speak to your GP.
Up to 10 acute and specialist NHS trusts with 50 or more people on the Urology Service waiting list, ranked by shortest median wait. Community and mental-health trusts, smaller lists and independent providers are on the full ranking: See all trusts on the Urology Service national page →
Hospitals ranked by shortest wait within travelling distance of each city.
The ranking above is national. To rank hospitals by distance from your postcode, search with your postcode below.