NHS waiting times
Data through March 2026. NHS source.
Thyroid surgery is usually treated within the NHS General Surgery Service pathway. The national median wait at the outpatient stage is 10 weeks across 281 NHS trusts publishing data, with 6 in 10 patients seen within the 18-week NHS Constitution target. 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.
Top 10 NHS trusts publishing General Surgery Service data, ranked by shortest median wait. Want the full ranking? See all trusts on the General Surgery Service national page →
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