NHS waiting times · General Surgery
Umbilical hernia repair waiting times, hospital by hospital
Updated July 2026 · (Referral to Treatment: the NHS wait-time framework)
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. Each wait below is the figure for the NHS trust that runs that hospital, so hospitals run by the same trust share one number.
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See your free wait-or-pay dashboard→- Tameside General HospitalTameside3 weeks
- Milton Keynes HospitalMilton Keynes4 weeks
- Princess Alexandra HospitalHarlow4 weeks
- Calderdale Royal HospitalCalderdale5 weeks
- Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield5 weeks
- Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryKirklees5 weeks
- Royal Berkshire HospitalReading5 weeks
- Christchurch HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6 weeks
- Poole HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6 weeks
- Royal Bournemouth HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6 weeks
- Darlington Memorial HospitalDarlington7 weeks
- Salisbury District HospitalWiltshire7 weeks
- Shotley Bridge HospitalCounty Durham7 weeks
- South Newton HospitalWiltshire7 weeks
- University Hospital of North DurhamCounty Durham7 weeks
- Alnwick InfirmaryNorthumberland8 weeks
- Ashington HospitalNorthumberland8 weeks
- Bridgwater HospitalSomerset8 weeks
- Burnham on Sea HospitalSomerset8 weeks
- Hexham General HospitalNorthumberland8 weeks
- Musgrove Park HospitalSomerset8 weeks
- North Tyneside General HospitalNorth Tyneside8 weeks
- Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care HospitalNorthumberland8 weeks
- Royal Bolton HospitalBolton8 weeks
- Trinity HospitalSomerset8 weeks
- Wansbeck General HospitalNorthumberland8 weeks
- Yeatman HospitalDorset8 weeks
- Yeovil District HospitalSomerset8 weeks
- Crawley HospitalCrawley9 weeks
- East Surrey HospitalReigate and Banstead9 weeks
- Queen Alexandra HospitalPortsmouth9 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalPortsmouth9 weeks
- Chapel Allerton HospitalLeeds10 weeks
- Clarendon Wing, Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds10 weeks
- Harrogate District HospitalNorth Yorkshire10 weeks
- Kent & Canterbury HospitalCanterbury10 weeks
- Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds10 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother HospitalThanet10 weeks
- Seacroft HospitalLeeds10 weeks
- St James's University HospitalLeeds10 weeks
- Wharfedale HospitalLeeds10 weeks
- William Harvey HospitalAshford10 weeks
- Airedale General HospitalBradford11 weeks
- Basildon HospitalBasildon11 weeks
- Broomfield HospitalChelmsford11 weeks
- Orsett HospitalThurrock11 weeks
- Southend HospitalSouthend-on-Sea11 weeks
- St Michael's HospitalBraintree11 weeks
- Cromer HospitalNorth Norfolk12 weeks
- Good Hope HospitalSutton Coldfield12 weeks
- Heartlands HospitalBirmingham12 weeks
- Norfolk & Norwich University HospitalSouth Norfolk12 weeks
- Northampton General HospitalWest Northamptonshire12 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGateshead12 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalBirmingham12 weeks
- Solihull HospitalSolihull12 weeks
- South Tyneside District HospitalSouth Tyneside12 weeks
- St Edmund's HospitalWest Northamptonshire12 weeks
- Sunderland Royal HospitalSunderland12 weeks
- The Harborne HospitalBirmingham12 weeks
- Bexhill HospitalRother13 weeks
- Chorley & South Ribble HospitalChorley13 weeks
- Conquest HospitalHastings13 weeks
- Eastbourne District General HospitalEastbourne13 weeks
- Rotherham District General HospitalRotherham13 weeks
- Royal Preston HospitalPreston13 weeks
- Uckfield HospitalWealden13 weeks
- Barnsley HospitalBarnsley14 weeks
- Bradford Royal InfirmaryBradford14 weeks
- Castle Hill HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire14 weeks
- Dewsbury & District HospitalKirklees14 weeks
- Hospital of St CrossRugby14 weeks
- Hull Royal InfirmaryKingston upon Hull, City of14 weeks
- Leamington Spa HospitalWarwick14 weeks
- Lynfield Mount HospitalBradford14 weeks
- Pinderfields General HospitalWakefield14 weeks
- Pontefract General InfirmaryWakefield14 weeks
- St Lukes HospitalBradford14 weeks
- Stratford HospitalStratford-on-Avon14 weeks
- University HospitalCoventry14 weeks
- Warwick HospitalWarwick14 weeks
- Altrincham General HospitalTrafford15 weeks
- Bedford HospitalBedford15 weeks
- Freeman HospitalNewcastle upon Tyne15 weeks
- Halton HospitalHalton15 weeks
- Luton & Dunstable HospitalLuton15 weeks
- The Royal Victoria InfirmaryNewcastle upon Tyne15 weeks
- Warrington HospitalWarrington15 weeks
- City HospitalBirmingham17 weeks
- County HospitalStafford17 weeks
- Midland Metropolitan University HospitalSandwell17 weeks
- Rowley Regis HospitalSandwell17 weeks
- Royal Stoke University HospitalStoke-on-Trent17 weeks
- Sandwell General HospitalSandwell17 weeks
- St Albans City HospitalSt Albans17 weeks
- St George's HospitalStafford17 weeks
- The Great Western HospitalSwindon17 weeks
- Watford General HospitalWatford17 weeks
- County Hospital LouthEast Lindsey18 weeks
- Farnham Road HospitalGuildford18 weeks
- Grantham & District HospitalGrantham18 weeks
- John Coupland HospitalWest Lindsey18 weeks
- Johnson HospitalSouth Holland18 weeks
- Lincoln County HospitalLincoln18 weeks
- Pilgrim HospitalBoston18 weeks
- Royal Surrey County HospitalGuildford18 weeks
- Stepping Hill HospitalStockport18 weeks
- Welland HospitalSouth Holland18 weeks
- Bolitho HospitalCornwall19 weeks
- Bridgnorth HospitalShropshire19 weeks
- Princess Anne HospitalSouthampton19 weeks
- Princess Royal HospitalTelford19 weeks
- Royal Cornwall HospitalCornwall19 weeks
- Royal Shrewsbury HospitalShropshire19 weeks
- Southampton General HospitalSouthampton19 weeks
- St Austell Surgical HubCornwall19 weeks
- St Michael's HospitalCornwall19 weeks
- West Cornwall HospitalCornwall19 weeks
- Churchill HospitalOxford20 weeks
- Horton General HospitalCherwell20 weeks
- John Radcliffe HospitalOxford20 weeks
- King's Mill HospitalAshfield20 weeks
- Manchester Royal InfirmaryManchester20 weeks
- Newark HospitalNewark and Sherwood20 weeks
- North Manchester General HospitalManchester20 weeks
- Nuffield Orthopaedic CentreOxford20 weeks
- Ormskirk and District General HospitalWest Lancashire20 weeks
- Southport and Formby District General HospitalSefton20 weeks
- St Helens HospitalSt. Helens20 weeks
- Trafford General HospitalTrafford20 weeks
- University Hospital of HartlepoolHartlepool20 weeks
- University Hospital of North TeesStockton-on-Tees20 weeks
- Whiston HospitalKnowsley20 weeks
- Wythenshawe HospitalManchester20 weeks
- Countess of Chester HospitalCheshire West and Chester21 weeks
- Hinchingbrooke HospitalHuntingdonshire21 weeks
- Peterborough City HospitalPeterborough21 weeks
- Stamford & Rutland HospitalSouth Kesteven21 weeks
- Burton HospitalBurton upon Trent22 weeks
- Friarage HospitalNorth Yorkshire22 weeks
- Hereford County HospitalHerefordshire, County of22 weeks
- Royal Derby HospitalDerby22 weeks
- The James Cook University HospitalMiddlesbrough22 weeks
- Addenbrooke's HospitalCambridge23 weeks
- Burnley General HospitalBurnley23 weeks
- Diana, Princess of Wales HospitalNorth East Lincolnshire23 weeks
- Goole & District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire23 weeks
- Kettering General HospitalNorth Northamptonshire23 weeks
- King George HospitalRedbridge23 weeks
- Queen's HospitalHavering23 weeks
- Royal Blackburn HospitalBlackburn with Darwen23 weeks
- Scunthorpe General HospitalNorth Lincolnshire23 weeks
- Fordcombe HospitalTunbridge Wells24 weeks
- Sevenoaks HospitalSevenoaks24 weeks
- The Maidstone HospitalMaidstone24 weeks
- The Tunbridge Wells HospitalTunbridge Wells24 weeks
- Axminster HospitalEast Devon25 weeks
- Birch Hill HospitalRochdale25 weeks
- Exmouth HospitalEast Devon25 weeks
- Fairfield General HospitalBury25 weeks
- Heavitree HospitalExeter25 weeks
- Honiton HospitalEast Devon25 weeks
- Medway Maritime HospitalMedway25 weeks
- North Devon District HospitalNorth Devon25 weeks
- Rochdale InfirmaryRochdale25 weeks
- Royal Devon & Exeter HospitalExeter25 weeks
- The Royal Oldham HospitalOldham25 weeks
- Tiverton and District HospitalMid Devon25 weeks
- Victoria HospitalEast Devon25 weeks
- Alexandra HospitalRedditch26 weeks
- Bristol Royal InfirmaryBristol, City of26 weeks
- Epsom HospitalEpsom and Ewell26 weeks
- George Eliot HospitalNuneaton and Bedworth26 weeks
- Kidderminster HospitalWyre Forest26 weeks
- Kingston HospitalKingston upon Thames26 weeks
- Leatherhead HospitalMole Valley26 weeks
- St Helier HospitalSutton26 weeks
- St Michael's HospitalBristol, City of26 weeks
- The Queen Elizabeth HospitalKing's Lynn and West Norfolk26 weeks
- Weston General HospitalNorth Somerset26 weeks
- Worcestershire Royal HospitalWorcester26 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGreenwich27 weeks
- Queen Marys HospitalBexley27 weeks
- University Hospital LewishamLewisham27 weeks
- Lister HospitalStevenage28 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth I I HospitalWelwyn Hatfield28 weeks
- Frimley Park HospitalSurrey Heath29 weeks
- Heatherwood HospitalWindsor and Maidenhead29 weeks
- King Edward Vii HospitalWindsor and Maidenhead29 weeks
- Mile End HospitalTower Hamlets29 weeks
- Newham General HospitalNewham29 weeks
- St Bartholomew's HospitalCity of London29 weeks
- St Mark's HospitalWindsor and Maidenhead29 weeks
- The Royal London HospitalTower Hamlets29 weeks
- Wanstead HospitalRedbridge29 weeks
- Wexham Park HospitalSlough29 weeks
- Whipps Cross University HospitalWaltham Forest29 weeks
- Corbett HospitalDudley30 weeks
- Guest HospitalDudley30 weeks
- Russells Hall HospitalDudley30 weeks
- Basingstoke and North Hampshire HospitalBasingstoke and Deane31 weeks
- Basingstoke General HospitalTest Valley31 weeks
- Bassetlaw HospitalBassetlaw31 weeks
- Doncaster Royal InfirmaryDoncaster31 weeks
- Montagu HospitalDoncaster31 weeks
- Royal Hampshire County HospitalWinchester31 weeks
- Winchester County HospitalTest Valley31 weeks
- Glenfield HospitalLeicester32 weeks
- Hillingdon HospitalHillingdon32 weeks
- Leicester General HospitalLeicester32 weeks
- Leicester Royal InfirmaryLeicester32 weeks
- St Lukes HospitalHarborough32 weeks
- Cannock Chase HospitalCannock Chase33 weeks
- Dorothy Pattison HospitalWalsall33 weeks
- Furness General HospitalWestmorland and Furness33 weeks
- Homerton University HospitalHackney33 weeks
- Macclesfield District General HospitalCheshire East33 weeks
- New Cross HospitalWolverhampton33 weeks
- Royal Lancaster InfirmaryLancaster33 weeks
- Walsall Manor HospitalWalsall33 weeks
- Westmorland General HospitalWestmorland and Furness33 weeks
- James Paget University HospitalGreat Yarmouth34 weeks
- Central Middlesex HospitalBrent36 weeks
- Ealing HospitalEaling36 weeks
- Northwick Park HospitalBrent36 weeks
- Dorset County HospitalDorset38 weeks
- Chelsea & Westminster HospitalKensington and Chelsea40 weeks
- Croydon University HospitalCroydon40 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalIsle of Wight40 weeks
- West Middlesex University HospitalHounslow40 weeks
- Charing Cross HospitalHammersmith and Fulham41 weeks
- Darent Valley HospitalDartford41 weeks
- Erith & District HospitalBexley41 weeks
- Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith and Fulham41 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalWestminster41 weeks
- Broadgreen HospitalLiverpool43 weeks
- Nottingham City HospitalNottingham43 weeks
- Queen's Medical CentreNottingham43 weeks
- Royal Liverpool University HospitalLiverpool43 weeks
- Royal United HospitalBath and North East Somerset43 weeks
- University Hospital AintreeLiverpool43 weeks
- Walton HospitalLiverpool43 weeks
- St George's HospitalWandsworth44 weeks
- The Whittington HospitalIslington44 weeks
- Brighton General HospitalBrighton and Hove45 weeks
- Colchester General HospitalColchester45 weeks
- Ipswich HospitalIpswich45 weeks
- Lewes Victoria HospitalLewes45 weeks
- Princess Royal HospitalMid Sussex45 weeks
- Royal Sussex County HospitalBrighton and Hove45 weeks
- Southlands HospitalAdur45 weeks
- St Richards HospitalChichester45 weeks
- Worthing HospitalWorthing45 weeks
- Amersham HospitalBuckinghamshire46 weeks
- Stoke Mandeville HospitalBuckinghamshire46 weeks
- Wycombe HospitalBuckinghamshire46 weeks
- Barnet HospitalBarnet48 weeks
- Chase Farm HospitalEnfield48 weeks
- Hadley Wood HospitalBarnet48 weeks
- Mount Vernon HospitalHillingdon48 weeks
- North Middlesex HospitalEnfield48 weeks
- Royal Free HospitalCamden48 weeks
- St Michael's HospitalEnfield48 weeks
- West Suffolk HospitalWest Suffolk49 weeks
- King's College HospitalLambeth50 weeks
- Leigh InfirmaryWigan50 weeks
- Orpington HospitalBromley50 weeks
- Princess Royal University HospitalBromley50 weeks
- Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryWigan50 weeks
- Wrightington HospitalWest Lancashire50 weeks
- Cumberland InfirmaryCumberland53 weeks
- West Cumberland HospitalCumberland53 weeks
Hospitals with no usable figure
These trusts do not publish a wait we can compare fairly to a umbilical hernia repair, so we show no number rather than a misleading one. Each page explains why.
- Arrowe Park Hospital · WirralPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Ashford Hospital · SpelthornePublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Blackpool Victoria Hospital · BlackpoolPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Bridlington and District Hospital · East Riding of YorkshireDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Cheltenham General Hospital · CheltenhamPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Cirencester Hospital · CotswoldPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Clatterbridge Hospital · WirralPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Colman Hospital · NorwichDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Cross Lane Hospital · North YorkshireDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Delancey Hospital · CheltenhamPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Derriford Hospital · PlymouthDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Doddington Hospital · FenlandDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Fairford Hospital · CotswoldPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Fleetwood Hospital · WyrePublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital · GloucesterPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Guy's Hospital · SouthwarkPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Harefield Hospital · HillingdonPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Hospital for Tropical Diseases · CamdenPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Leighton Hospital · Cheshire EastPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Loughborough Hospital · LoughboroughDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Lymington Hospital · New ForestDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Melton Mowbray Hospital · MeltonDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- North Cambridgeshire Hospital · FenlandDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Northern General Hospital · SheffieldDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Paignton Hospital · TorbayDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Pershore Hospital · PershoreDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Princess of Wales Hospital · BromsgroveDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Princess of Wales Hospital · ElyDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Royal Brompton Hospital · Kensington and ChelseaPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Royal Hallamshire Hospital · SheffieldDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital · HarrowDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Royal South Hants Hospital · SouthamptonDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Rutland Hospital · RutlandDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Scarborough General Hospital · North YorkshireDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- South Hams Hospital · South HamsDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- St Martins Hospital · CanterburyDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- St Mary's Hospital · North YorkshireDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- St Peter's Hospital · RunnymedePublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- St Thomas' Hospital · LambethPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Stroud General Hospital · StroudPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Swanage Communtiy Hospital · DorsetDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Tavistock Hospital · West DevonDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Teignmouth Hospital · TeignbridgeDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Tewkesbury General Hospital · TewkesburyDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Tewkesbury Hospital · TewkesburyDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- The Vale Hospital · StroudDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Torbay Hospital · TorbayDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Torbay Hospital Annexe · TorbayDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Uclh Outreach: St Pancras Hospital · CamdenPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- University College Hospital · CamdenPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street · CamdenPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Victoria Hospital W'borne · WimborneDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Victoria Infirmary · Cheshire West and ChesterPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Weston Park Hospital · SheffieldDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- York Hospital · YorkDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
273 hospitals with a published wait, plus 55 without. Each figure is how long half of patients wait for the whole General Surgery specialty at the trust that runs the hospital, from GP referral to the start of treatment: the NHS does not publish a wait for umbilical hernia repair on its own. One hospital per trust for now; larger trusts run several.
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