NHS trusts with the longest typical waits

The median wait to start treatment — half of waiting patients have waited longer than this.

139 trusts · Ranked worst first. Data: Aug 2026. Source: NHS England RTT statistics.

#	Trust	Median wait
1	Cambridgeshire And Peterborough NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	32.8 wks
2	Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea	17.8 wks
3	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing	16.9 wks
4	Bradford District Care NHS Foundation TrustShipley	15.9 wks
5	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury	15.7 wks
6	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull	15.6 wks
7	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford	15.5 wks
8	Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon	15.0 wks
9	Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham	14.8 wks
10	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool	14.5 wks
11	York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork	14.5 wks
12	University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry	14.4 wks
13	Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick	14.4 wks
14	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton	14.4 wks
15	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes	14.4 wks
16	Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead	14.3 wks
17	Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby	14.3 wks
18	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston	14.2 wks
19	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester	14.1 wks
20	Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustBrighton	14.0 wks
21	University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester	14.0 wks
22	Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey	13.9 wks
23	North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough	13.9 wks
24	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester	13.8 wks
25	University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent	13.8 wks
26	University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby	13.6 wks
27	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth	13.6 wks
28	Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan	13.6 wks
29	Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth	13.5 wks
30	East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester	13.5 wks
31	Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford	13.5 wks
32	Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham	13.5 wks
33	East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield	13.4 wks
34	Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton	13.3 wks
35	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham	13.3 wks
36	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford	13.3 wks
37	Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon	13.2 wks
38	Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich	13.2 wks
39	Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley	13.2 wks
40	Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	13.1 wks
41	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln	13.0 wks
42	Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport	12.9 wks
43	The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley	12.9 wks
44	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton	12.9 wks
45	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	12.9 wks
46	Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke	12.8 wks
47	Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester	12.8 wks
48	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter	12.7 wks
49	The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge	12.6 wks
50	Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill	12.6 wks
51	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield	12.6 wks
52	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	12.6 wks
53	Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford	12.5 wks
54	George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton	12.5 wks
55	Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon	12.5 wks
56	North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington	12.5 wks
57	Barts Health NHS TrustLondon	12.5 wks
58	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	12.4 wks
59	Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster	12.4 wks
60	The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustOswestry	12.4 wks
61	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield	12.4 wks
62	University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole	12.4 wks
63	Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	12.4 wks
64	Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford	12.4 wks
65	North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle	12.3 wks
66	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow	12.3 wks
67	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	12.3 wks
68	County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington	12.3 wks
69	West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds	12.3 wks
70	Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	12.2 wks
71	Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames	12.2 wks
72	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough	12.2 wks
73	The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	12.2 wks
74	East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage	12.1 wks
75	Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot	12.1 wks
76	The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury	12.1 wks
77	West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford	12.0 wks
78	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	12.0 wks
79	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral	12.0 wks
80	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn	12.0 wks
81	Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton	12.0 wks
82	Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton	11.9 wks
83	Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport	11.9 wks
84	South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick	11.9 wks
85	Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering	11.9 wks
86	London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow	11.9 wks
87	Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	11.9 wks
88	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	11.8 wks
89	Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation TrustLondon	11.8 wks
90	Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford	11.8 wks
91	Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury	11.7 wks
92	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	11.7 wks
93	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield	11.7 wks
94	Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon	11.6 wks
95	The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham	11.6 wks
96	Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath	11.6 wks
97	Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester	11.5 wks
98	Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone	11.5 wks
99	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford	11.4 wks
100	Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon	11.3 wks
101	East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea	11.3 wks
102	Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley	11.2 wks
103	North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool	11.1 wks
104	Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol	11.0 wks
105	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds	11.0 wks
106	The Walton Centre NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	10.9 wks
107	University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal	10.8 wks
108	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham	10.8 wks
109	Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon	10.8 wks
110	Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath	10.7 wks
111	Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe	10.6 wks
112	Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury	10.6 wks
113	Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate	10.6 wks
114	Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley	10.4 wks
115	Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation TrustSheffield	10.3 wks
116	The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne	10.3 wks
117	Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall	10.3 wks
118	Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading	10.1 wks
119	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields	9.7 wks
120	Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield	9.7 wks
121	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro	9.7 wks
122	Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon	9.7 wks
123	South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland	9.6 wks
124	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn	9.4 wks
125	Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead	9.3 wks
126	Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustStanmore	8.9 wks
127	Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne	8.9 wks
128	Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	8.8 wks
129	Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	8.6 wks
130	Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	8.3 wks
131	Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	7.7 wks
132	The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation TrustWirral	7.2 wks
133	Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation TrustBodmin	7.0 wks
134	Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustPreston	6.3 wks
135	Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustAshford	6.2 wks
136	Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustStafford	5.9 wks
137	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon	5.0 wks
138	The Christie NHS Foundation TrustManchester	4.3 wks
139	Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS TrustWorcester	3.5 wks

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Half of waiting patients have waited less than this, half longer. Figures are trust-wide, from NHS England RTT statistics, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See methodology for definitions and update schedule.