Official NHS England figures for August 2026: how many patients are waiting for hospital treatment, how many have waited 18 weeks or less and how many more than a year, for every provider NHS England reports, and for each specialty in England.
England figures are the sum of what the 532 providers submitted for August 2026. NHS England also publishes separate adjustments for providers that did not submit; Docorix has not applied them. Source: NHS England, Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times Data, August 2026 ("Full CSV data file", incomplete pathways). Imported by Docorix on 31 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Information from NHS England. Source pages last checked 31 October 2026.
Cancer waiting times: NHS England also publishes how many patients met the Faster Diagnosis, 31-day and 62-day cancer standards. See cancer waiting times by provider.
NHS England counts incomplete pathways: in its words, “waiting times for cases where patients are still waiting to start treatment at the end of the month”. Each pathway runs from a referral for consultant-led care to the start of treatment, so one patient can appear more than once if they are waiting for more than one thing. NHS.uk gives “18 weeks” as the maximum waiting time for non-urgent, consultant-led treatment (NHS.uk guide to waiting times).
These are figures about the waiting list, not a forecast of how long a new patient will wait, and they do not cover urgent or cancer care, which NHS England reports separately. A trust’s waiting times can differ widely between specialties, so the specialty tables are usually more useful than the totals. Trusts are listed A to Z; Docorix does not rank them, because trusts differ in size, in the specialties they offer and in the patients they treat. Ask your GP or use the NHS e-Referral Service to see which hospitals can see you and how long each is currently taking.
Treatment functions as NHS England groups them, A to Z; open one to see every provider that reports it. “Other” rows combine the smaller specialties NHS England reports together.
| Specialty | Waiting | Waiting 18 weeks or less | Waiting over 52 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology | 362,143 | 67.9% | 2,790 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgery | 8,798 | 73.6% | 106 |
| Dermatology | 423,217 | 69.0% | 5,256 |
| Ear Nose and Throat | 590,233 | 56.8% | 12,031 |
| Elderly Medicine | 27,431 | 84.3% | 90 |
| Gastroenterology | 358,127 | 69.7% | 3,640 |
| General Internal Medicine | 31,589 | 72.3% | 222 |
| General Surgery | 384,914 | 63.2% | 8,213 |
| Gynaecology | 586,582 | 59.6% | 12,885 |
| Neurology | 208,030 | 62.3% | 2,078 |
| Neurosurgical | 54,748 | 62.0% | 806 |
| Ophthalmology | 625,063 | 72.2% | 5,022 |
| Oral Surgery | 316,357 | 53.8% | 7,544 |
| Other - Medical Services | 622,434 | 70.1% | 6,134 |
| Other - Mental Health Services | 3,361 | 82.0% | 6 |
| Other - Other Services | 159,349 | 76.5% | 1,428 |
| Other - Paediatric Services | 322,905 | 66.0% | 3,931 |
| Other - Surgical Services | 474,806 | 66.9% | 8,197 |
| Plastic Surgery | 109,605 | 59.4% | 3,575 |
| Respiratory Medicine | 182,914 | 74.1% | 669 |
| Rheumatology | 118,397 | 70.4% | 1,070 |
| Trauma and Orthopaedic | 851,183 | 60.9% | 22,043 |
| Urology | 367,027 | 64.8% | 5,222 |
532 NHS trusts and independent providers, A to Z. Open one for its specialties.
– means fewer than 50 pathways, too few for a percentage to mean much.
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