Stop Waiting

Your NHS waiting list is long. Your GP has little time to research quicker alternatives within the NHS.

But they exist. Shorter waits. Available capacity. Other hospitals ready to treat you.

StopWaiting does the research. Finds your options. Gives you the steps.

You take it to your GP. Your GP refers you. You choose. You get treated faster.

All NHS-funded. All your right.

Stop waiting months. Start choosing now.

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You're on an NHS waiting list. Months stretch ahead. Your GP says there's nothing else you can do.

But there is.

Somewhere in England, maybe locally, another hospital has capacity - even NHS-funded private hospitals (meaning you don't pay for treatment). Shorter waiting times. Better availability.

Unless you know all your options, you're unlikely to make the best choices.

That's the gap StopWaiting fills.

We research your options. We show you hospitals with shorter waits. We give you the guidance to take to your GP. Your GP refers you. You choose. You can get treated months sooner.

All NHS-funded. All within your rights.

You don't have to wait. You just have to know your options.

Rated Excellent on Trustpilot by hundreds of patients who took back control.

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Feedback Friday: "Is this a scam?" — here's what our patients found out.

When people first hear about StopWaiting, many wonder if it's too good to be true.

NHS treatment, at a private hospital, funded by the NHS. Shorter waits. A clear pathway. For a small fee.

We get it. So here's what real patients found out.

George was trying to get his wife a hip referral for months. No luck. He paid £69, sceptical. Within days he had clear written instructions and a list of hospitals to choose from. His GP agreed immediately. Surgery done. "I would recommend them to anyone!"

Alison's husband thought it might be a scam. She paid to "prove him wrong." Her GP sent an email. That afternoon, her chosen hospital got in touch. She's now booked for surgery on 1st October. "Don't delay. This is not a scam."

Nicholas waited over 20 months locally. After StopWaiting, his hip was done in 3 months. "I can't thank them enough for providing the service and guidance."

Noni's son waited 10 months. After StopWaiting, he had surgery within 4 weeks at The Alexandra Hospital.

The doubt is understandable. The results aren't.

Your rights are real. The hospitals are real. The waits are shorter.

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Ready to find out for yourself?

you can choose a different NHS hospital. One with a shorter waiting list. You can cut months off your wait if you know where the shorter waits are for your specialty.

The independent sector has capacity. Waiting times vary massively across the country. But unless your GP brings it up, you'll never know.

StopWaiting exists because GPs are stretched and patients are left in the dark. We find your options, give you the guidance, and help you make the move.

Rated Excellent on Trustpilot by patients just like you.

Have you been offered a choice? Or were you left to wait without knowing you had options? Share your story below. 💙

Waiting for an NHS appointment and not sure what to do next? That feeling of being stuck, watching weeks turn into months, is exhausting. You are not powerless, even when it feels that way.

StopWaiting puts together a personalised document for your situation, giving you something concrete to take to your GP, your consultant, or your hospital. No jargon. No guesswork. Just a clear, specific document built around your case.

Our customers rate us 4.5 Excellent on Trustpilot ⭐, and many say it was the first time they felt like they had something real to work with.

If you have been sitting on a waiting list and wondering whether anything can actually move things forward, this might be worth a look. 👀

How long have you been waiting, and how has it affected you? Drop a comment below. We read every one.

You do not have to stay on that waiting list. 👀

As an NHS patient, you have a legal right to choose a different hospital for your treatment. Many people don't know this, or assume it involves mountains of paperwork. It doesn't have to be.

StopWaiting researches the shortest waiting times available for your specific specialty, then produces a detailed document that walks you through every step of moving your referral to a hospital that can see you sooner.

Your GP may not always mention this option, but the right is yours regardless.

Have you or someone you know been stuck on a long NHS waiting list? Drop a comment below. 💬

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We want to be clear about something — because we think it matters.

When patients don't get told about their full options for care, it isn't usually because their GP is being unhelpful. Most GPs are working incredibly hard under enormous pressure.

The reality is that awareness of rights varies. Referral systems are often pre-set to local NHS Trust pathways. And with around seven minutes per appointment, there isn't always time to explore every option - most importantly, where the shortest waiting times might be.

That's not a criticism. It's just a gap — and it's a gap that falls hardest on the patients who can least afford to wait.

Our job isn't to work against GPs. It's to make sure patients arrive at their appointment already knowing what they're entitled to, and where they want to go in order to be treated in the fastest possible timeframe — so the conversation can happen, even if it wouldn't have happened otherwise.

An informed patient and a well-meaning GP is usually all it takes.

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Most NHS Patients Don't Know.

Independent providers now deliver 26.3 per cent of all NHS planned trauma and orthopaedic activity — around 26,000 patient episodes every week.

One in four. Every week. NHS patients. No charge.

This is not a niche workaround or a last resort. It is the mainstream, week-in week-out reality of how NHS orthopaedic care is delivered in England in 2026.

A quarter of all hip replacements, knee replacements and trauma procedures funded by the NHS are being carried out in private hospitals.

The patients who access them are not special. They have not done anything complicated or unusual. They simply knew that the option existed, knew where the shorter waiting lists were and asked their GP to refer them there.

The patients who don't access them — the majority, still sitting on local NHS trust waiting lists, often for considerably longer — simply don't know. Or think it doesn't apply to them. Or it's too complicated. Or it's too good to be true.

If you are waiting for an orthopaedic procedure, in pain - this matters.

The independent sector is not a fringe option. It's not the enemy of the NHS. It is a substantial part of how the NHS delivers orthopaedic care in 2026.

You are entitled to access it. We make it easy.

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Wes Streeting Said: "Wealth Shouldn't Determine Health."

We agree with him.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said: "I'll do everything I can to get NHS patients treated faster, free at the point of use. This is a principled, progressive position, not just a pragmatic one. We're not prepared to continue two-tier healthcare, when those who can afford it get treated on time, and those who can't are left behind. Wealth shouldn't determine health."

That is exactly right. And it is precisely the principle that NHS Patient Choice is built on.

A wealthy patient can pay for private treatment at the hospital of their choice, with the surgeon of their choice, at a time that suits them.

An NHS patient with no means to pay privately can — if they know how to go about it — access NHS-funded treatment at a private hospital, with significantly shorter waiting times, at no cost to them.

That gap — between those who know and those who don't — is what we want to close.

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