NHS trusts with the longest typical waits

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

140 trusts · Ranked worst first. Data: Jul 2026. Source: NHS England RTT statistics.

#	Trust	Median wait
1	Cambridgeshire And Peterborough NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	31.5 wks
2	Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea	18.1 wks
3	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing	16.2 wks
4	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury	15.5 wks
5	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford	15.0 wks
6	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull	14.9 wks
7	Bradford District Care NHS Foundation TrustShipley	14.8 wks
8	Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham	14.6 wks
9	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes	14.5 wks
10	Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustBrighton	14.5 wks
11	University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry	14.3 wks
12	Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon	14.3 wks
13	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool	14.3 wks
14	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston	14.2 wks
15	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton	14.2 wks
16	York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork	14.0 wks
17	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham	14.0 wks
18	Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton	13.9 wks
19	Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick	13.9 wks
20	East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester	13.8 wks
21	Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead	13.8 wks
22	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	13.8 wks
23	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester	13.7 wks
24	University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester	13.7 wks
25	North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough	13.6 wks
26	Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey	13.6 wks
27	Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford	13.5 wks
28	Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton	13.5 wks
29	Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich	13.4 wks
30	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth	13.4 wks
31	Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan	13.4 wks
32	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln	13.4 wks
33	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester	13.4 wks
34	Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby	13.4 wks
35	Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham	13.3 wks
36	University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby	13.2 wks
37	East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield	13.2 wks
38	Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon	13.1 wks
39	University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent	13.0 wks
40	Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley	12.9 wks
41	Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth	12.9 wks
42	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford	12.9 wks
43	Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	12.8 wks
44	Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester	12.7 wks
45	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton	12.7 wks
46	Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport	12.7 wks
47	The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge	12.5 wks
48	The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley	12.5 wks
49	The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustOswestry	12.5 wks
50	Barts Health NHS TrustLondon	12.5 wks
51	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter	12.4 wks
52	North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington	12.4 wks
53	Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon	12.4 wks
54	Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster	12.3 wks
55	Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford	12.3 wks
56	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield	12.3 wks
57	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield	12.2 wks
58	West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds	12.2 wks
59	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	12.2 wks
60	North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle	12.1 wks
61	Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	12.1 wks
62	Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill	12.1 wks
63	University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole	12.1 wks
64	The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	12.1 wks
65	George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton	12.1 wks
66	London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow	12.0 wks
67	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough	12.0 wks
68	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn	12.0 wks
69	Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford	11.9 wks
70	Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke	11.9 wks
71	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	11.8 wks
72	The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury	11.8 wks
73	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow	11.8 wks
74	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	11.8 wks
75	East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage	11.8 wks
76	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral	11.8 wks
77	Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot	11.8 wks
78	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	11.8 wks
79	Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	11.7 wks
80	West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford	11.7 wks
81	Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering	11.7 wks
82	County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington	11.6 wks
83	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	11.6 wks
84	Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	11.6 wks
85	Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames	11.6 wks
86	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield	11.5 wks
87	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	11.5 wks
88	Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton	11.5 wks
89	Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath	11.5 wks
90	Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton	11.5 wks
91	Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport	11.5 wks
92	Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford	11.4 wks
93	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford	11.3 wks
94	South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick	11.3 wks
95	Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester	11.2 wks
96	The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham	11.1 wks
97	Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon	11.1 wks
98	Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon	11.1 wks
99	Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon	11.0 wks
100	Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury	11.0 wks
101	Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation TrustLondon	10.9 wks
102	Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone	10.9 wks
103	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham	10.8 wks
104	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds	10.7 wks
105	Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath	10.7 wks
106	The Walton Centre NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	10.7 wks
107	Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley	10.7 wks
108	East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea	10.7 wks
109	North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool	10.5 wks
110	University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal	10.5 wks
111	Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol	10.5 wks
112	Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe	10.1 wks
113	Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley	10.0 wks
114	Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury	10.0 wks
115	Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation TrustSheffield	9.9 wks
116	Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall	9.8 wks
117	Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading	9.6 wks
118	The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne	9.6 wks
119	Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate	9.5 wks
120	Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield	9.2 wks
121	Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon	9.2 wks
122	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields	9.0 wks
123	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn	9.0 wks
124	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro	8.9 wks
125	South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland	8.8 wks
126	Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustStanmore	8.5 wks
127	Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne	8.5 wks
128	Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead	8.3 wks
129	Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	8.2 wks
130	Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	8.2 wks
131	Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	8.0 wks
132	Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	7.4 wks
133	Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustPreston	6.9 wks
134	Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation TrustBodmin	6.7 wks
135	The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation TrustWirral	6.4 wks
136	Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustAshford	6.1 wks
137	Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustStafford	5.0 wks
138	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon	4.3 wks
139	The Christie NHS Foundation TrustManchester	3.8 wks
140	Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS TrustWorcester	3.0 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.