How long is the average Urology waiting time?

The average NHS waiting time for Urology is about 11 weeks (nearly 3 months), based on data from 204 hospitals.

How long will I wait to see a urologist?

The typical wait to see a urologist on the NHS is about 11 weeks. However, this varies significantly by hospital. Use WaitRadar to compare waiting times at different hospitals.

What percentage of Urology patients are seen within 18 weeks?

Across the NHS, 71% of Urology patients are currently seen within the 18-week target. The NHS constitutional standard is 92%.

Can I choose which hospital I'm referred to?

Yes. Under the NHS Constitution, patients in England have the right to choose which hospital they are referred to for a first outpatient appointment. You can use WaitRadar to compare waiting times and discuss your options with your GP.

Urology (Urologist) Waiting Times Across the NHS

Hospital	Region	Wait	Within 18 Wks	52+ Wk
Practice Plus Group Hospital Birmingham Midlands	Midlands	2 wks	100.0%	-
Tetbury Hospital Trust Ltd South West	South West	2 wks	97.0%	-
Nuffield Health, Warwickshire Hospital Midlands	Midlands	3 wks	85.0%	-
Cohese Healthcare South West	South West	3 wks	99.9%	-
Huddersfield Private Hospital North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	4 wks	92.6%	-
Chelsfield Park Hospital London	London	4 wks	96.9%	-
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London	London	5 wks	91.2%	-
Duchy Hospital North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	5 wks	77.8%	-
Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	5 wks	99.1%	-
Sloane Hospital London	London	5 wks	95.9%	-
Isle Of Wight NHS Trust South East	South East	5 wks	91.6%	-
Spire Murrayfield Hospital North West	North West	6 wks	91.1%	-
Epsomedical Group South East	South East	6 wks	89.8%	3
Blakelands Hospital East of England	East of England	6 wks	89.1%	-
Spire Regency Hospital North West	North West	6 wks	100.0%	-
Sulis Hospital Bath (foxcote Avenue) South West	South West	6 wks	77.8%	2
Probus Surgical Centre South West	South West	6 wks	92.0%	-
Kims Hospital (newnham Court) South East	South East	6 wks	91.4%	-
Chiltern Hospital South East	South East	6 wks	78.9%	-
Nuffield Health, York Hospital North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	7 wks	100.0%	-
Independent Health Group South West	South West	7 wks	87.1%	-
Tyneside Surgical Services Ltd North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	7 wks	75.5%	-
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth South East	South East	7 wks	93.8%	-
Dorking Healthcare Limited (dhc) South East	South East	7 wks	84.0%	-
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	7 wks	82.9%	-
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust North West	North West	7 wks	79.7%	-
Renacres Hospital North West	North West	7 wks	82.6%	-
Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	7 wks	83.5%	-
Boston West Hospital Midlands	Midlands	7 wks	88.0%	-
Spire Nottingham Hospital Midlands	Midlands	8 wks	94.1%	-
Mount Alvernia Hospital South East	South East	8 wks	85.3%	-
Woodthorpe Hospital Midlands	Midlands	8 wks	92.6%	1
Beardwood Hospital North West	North West	8 wks	87.9%	-
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	8 wks	74.8%	-
Winfield Hospital South West	South West	8 wks	75.8%	-
One Stop Doctors Limited East of England	East of England	8 wks	100.0%	-
Beaumont Hospital North West	North West	8 wks	82.4%	-
Fitzwilliam Hospital East of England	East of England	8 wks	84.1%	-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford London	London	8 wks	88.2%	-
Mount Stuart Hospital South West	South West	8 wks	78.7%	3
St Hugh's Hospital North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	8 wks	85.2%	-
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	8 wks	92.4%	-
Exeter Medical South West	South West	8 wks	89.7%	-
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	8 wks	82.8%	-
Lancaster House Consulting Diagnostics Surgical Ltd HQ North West	North West	8 wks	93.4%	-
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust London	London	8 wks	85.4%	-
Spire Liverpool Hospital North West	North West	8 wks	85.2%	-
Park Hospital Midlands	Midlands	8 wks	91.1%	-
London Independent Hospital London	London	9 wks	89.3%	1
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	9 wks	82.7%	-
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	9 wks	86.7%	-
Lincoln Private Hospital Midlands	Midlands	9 wks	81.6%	-
Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	9 wks	80.4%	-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green South West	South West	9 wks	79.6%	-
One Ashford Hospital South East	South East	9 wks	63.8%	1
Beacon Park Hospital Midlands	Midlands	9 wks	77.7%	-
Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	9 wks	73.0%	52
Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust South East	South East	9 wks	81.2%	-
Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust London	London	9 wks	85.1%	-
Shirley Oaks Hospital London	London	9 wks	82.8%	-
Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation Trust London	London	9 wks	83.2%	1
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust South East	South East	9 wks	74.7%	25
Fulwood Hall Hospital North West	North West	9 wks	83.5%	-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet South West	South West	9 wks	81.1%	-
Hendon Hospital London	London	9 wks	71.7%	-
Claremont Private Hospital North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	9 wks	79.2%	-
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	10 wks	74.7%	-
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	10 wks	76.8%	13
Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	10 wks	72.8%	35
Woodlands Hospital North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	10 wks	75.7%	-
Ashtead Hospital South East	South East	10 wks	82.4%	-
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	10 wks	83.0%	-
Spencer Private Hospitals Ltd South East	South East	10 wks	69.1%	4
Springfield Hospital East of England	East of England	10 wks	74.0%	58
Benenden Hospital South East	South East	10 wks	83.8%	-
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust London	London	10 wks	71.3%	-
Medway NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	10 wks	79.0%	-
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	10 wks	75.3%	5
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	10 wks	75.1%	12
Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	10 wks	69.6%	35
North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	10 wks	71.3%	35
South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	10 wks	71.2%	-
Bishops Wood Hospital London	London	10 wks	83.6%	-
The Berkshire Independent Hospital South East	South East	10 wks	73.2%	-
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	10 wks	68.3%	93
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	10 wks	70.3%	6
Spire Methley Park Hospital North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	10 wks	88.9%	-
Oaklands Hospital North West	North West	11 wks	72.9%	-
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	11 wks	73.5%	1
St Edmunds Hospital East of England	East of England	11 wks	82.0%	-
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	11 wks	67.0%	6
University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	11 wks	74.1%	26
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust South West	South West	11 wks	71.0%	5
Rivers Hospital East of England	East of England	11 wks	74.4%	3
Whittington Health NHS Trust London	London	11 wks	73.4%	2
Spire Elland Hospital North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	11 wks	89.5%	-
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London	London	11 wks	71.9%	33
Woodland Hospital Midlands	Midlands	11 wks	74.2%	-
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London	London	11 wks	67.9%	19
North Bristol NHS Trust South West	South West	11 wks	68.7%	2
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton South East	South East	11 wks	69.3%	-
Pinehill Hospital East of England	East of England	11 wks	64.7%	-
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes South West	South West	11 wks	73.4%	-
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	11 wks	67.2%	7
The Yorkshire Clinic North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	11 wks	69.7%	2
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust East of England	East of England	11 wks	75.8%	32
Spire Fylde Coast Hospital North West	North West	11 wks	83.5%	2
Hampshire Clinic South East	South East	11 wks	81.8%	-
The Hamptons Hospital Ltd East of England	East of England	11 wks	68.2%	2
Blackheath Hospital London	London	11 wks	71.3%	2
Buckshaw Hospital North West	North West	11 wks	79.5%	2
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	11 wks	68.2%	-
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	11 wks	64.9%	15
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust South West	South West	11 wks	64.3%	41
Kings Oak Hospital London	London	12 wks	71.2%	-
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	12 wks	69.1%	4
Warrington And Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	12 wks	73.2%	33
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	12 wks	66.7%	129
Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East	South East	12 wks	69.3%	42
North Downs Hospital South East	South East	12 wks	67.3%	-
University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	12 wks	68.6%	3
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	12 wks	65.7%	33
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	12 wks	66.3%	31
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	London	12 wks	68.5%	3
New Hall Hospital South West	South West	12 wks	69.0%	1
Nuffield Health, Bournemouth Hospital South West	South West	12 wks	85.7%	-
Stourside Hospital Midlands	Midlands	12 wks	67.3%	1
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	12 wks	69.7%	15
Dartford And Gravesham NHS Trust South East	South East	12 wks	64.0%	56
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	12 wks	64.9%	44
Wye Valley NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	12 wks	65.8%	5
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	12 wks	64.9%	3
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	12 wks	64.6%	13
University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	12 wks	65.5%	15
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	12 wks	65.4%	1
East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust East of England	East of England	13 wks	64.6%	73
The One Health Group Plc North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	13 wks	81.6%	-
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	13 wks	63.8%	79
University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	13 wks	63.9%	77
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	13 wks	64.0%	21
Tees Valley Hospital North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	13 wks	64.5%	11
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	13 wks	62.9%	164
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	13 wks	61.7%	87
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	13 wks	63.2%	10
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust East of England	East of England	13 wks	65.4%	78
West Midlands Hospital Midlands	Midlands	13 wks	59.1%	-
York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	13 wks	59.4%	112
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	13 wks	61.2%	27
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust London	London	13 wks	63.8%	39
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London	London	13 wks	60.6%	40
Spire Bushey Hospital East of England	East of England	13 wks	100.0%	-
Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	14 wks	61.2%	223
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	14 wks	60.1%	153
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	14 wks	60.1%	40
Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	14 wks	61.3%	2
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	14 wks	61.7%	-
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	14 wks	58.8%	89
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust South East	South East	14 wks	61.2%	88
Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust London	London	14 wks	57.9%	19
Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North West	North West	14 wks	59.0%	144
Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	14 wks	56.0%	55
Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	14 wks	58.5%	39
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	14 wks	58.4%	65
The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	14 wks	63.1%	-
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	London	15 wks	59.0%	18
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	15 wks	57.8%	127
Cora Health Diagnostics (formerly Healthshare Diagnostics) South East	South East	15 wks	57.0%	2
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	15 wks	57.1%	5
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East	South East	15 wks	57.3%	193
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	15 wks	56.1%	20
Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust London	London	15 wks	57.7%	59
Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	15 wks	55.9%	8
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	15 wks	56.2%	47
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	15 wks	56.0%	27
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	15 wks	55.6%	20
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	16 wks	54.7%	188
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	16 wks	54.3%	19
Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London	London	16 wks	55.5%	131
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London	London	16 wks	53.9%	209
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust South West	South West	16 wks	54.6%	163
East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	16 wks	54.1%	191
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands	Midlands	16 wks	53.6%	85
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London	London	16 wks	53.8%	135
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	16 wks	53.2%	225
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	17 wks	53.0%	263
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	17 wks	52.9%	359
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust North West	North West	17 wks	52.6%	182
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	17 wks	53.5%	8
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust South East	South East	17 wks	52.3%	396
Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London	London	17 wks	52.5%	136
University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	18 wks	50.3%	190
Fairfield Independent Hospital North West	North West	18 wks	50.2%	-
Barts Health NHS Trust London	London	18 wks	50.1%	176
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	18 wks	49.9%	123
Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	18 wks	49.8%	647
Cavell Hospital London	London	19 wks	46.7%	1
Glendon Wood Hospital Midlands	Midlands	20 wks	43.1%	-
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England	East of England	20 wks	46.4%	192
Spire Hull And East Riding Hospital North East and Yorkshire	North East and Yorkshire	22 wks	29.6%	-
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Midlands	Midlands	22 wks	42.7%	415
East Cheshire NHS Trust North West	North West	24 wks	39.8%	169
Oaks Hospital East of England	East of England	28 wks	13.6%	4
Nuffield Health, Brighton Hospital South East	South East	30 wks	28.8%	41
Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital London	London	34 wks	37.2%	116

This is informational data, not medical advice. Always discuss referral options with your GP. Full disclaimer.

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