NHS trusts with the longest waiting lists

The number of patients waiting to start planned, consultant-led treatment (incomplete pathways), by trust.

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

#	Trust	Waiting list
1	Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester	166,776
2	Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea	165,372
3	Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon	139,655
4	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford	134,418
5	Barts Health NHS TrustLondon	121,541
6	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing	117,207
7	University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester	116,532
8	Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon	108,883
9	University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby	99,108
10	East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester	95,735
11	Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol	94,932
12	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	94,561
13	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford	90,544
14	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	89,895
15	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds	88,572
16	The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne	88,368
17	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull	85,756
18	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton	85,541
19	Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot	83,620
20	Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon	83,412
21	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury	83,070
22	London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow	80,569
23	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	78,451
24	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham	78,304
25	North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough	76,040
26	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter	75,506
27	University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent	74,220
28	Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	73,170
29	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	70,256
30	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton	70,201
31	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln	69,782
32	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham	68,792
33	University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry	68,578
34	Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford	67,651
35	University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole	67,345
36	Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick	67,233
37	Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich	66,443
38	Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley	65,983
39	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	64,401
40	South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland	61,863
41	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	61,513
42	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston	61,022
43	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	60,206
44	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester	58,949
45	Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth	58,044
46	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough	57,767
47	Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton	56,798
48	York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork	56,751
49	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield	56,475
50	East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea	55,950
51	East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage	55,823
52	Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon	55,811
53	Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey	54,977
54	Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster	54,937
55	Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton	54,833
56	County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington	54,384
57	Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill	51,710
58	Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone	50,730
59	Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke	49,222
60	The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley	48,039
61	Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham	47,650
62	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn	47,026
63	Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan	45,733
64	West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford	44,476
65	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro	44,267
66	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral	43,975
67	Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon	42,801
68	Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby	42,582
69	Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	41,780
70	Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath	40,996
71	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool	40,789
72	Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames	40,296
73	Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton	39,936
74	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields	39,421
75	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow	38,992
76	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes	37,518
77	Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath	37,332
78	Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton	37,306
79	The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury	37,291
80	University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal	36,259
81	North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington	35,315
82	North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle	35,233
83	Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham	35,225
84	Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading	34,892
85	Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield	34,776
86	Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport	34,676
87	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield	33,450
88	West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds	33,149
89	The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge	32,932
90	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford	31,409
91	South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick	31,237
92	Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering	31,175
93	Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford	31,092
94	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth	31,065
95	Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford	29,970
96	Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury	29,777
97	The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham	29,503
98	Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester	29,228
99	Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe	29,183
100	Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall	27,853
101	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield	26,874
102	Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon	26,141
103	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn	24,150
104	North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool	23,667
105	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester	23,375
106	Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford	22,931
107	Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon	22,905
108	Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	22,077
109	Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead	21,968
110	Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley	21,760
111	Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate	21,283
112	George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton	19,328
113	Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne	16,711
114	Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	16,587
115	East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield	16,483
116	Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley	14,618
117	Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustBrighton	13,533
118	The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustOswestry	13,280
119	The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	13,221
120	Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport	12,927
121	Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead	11,673
122	Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation TrustSheffield	11,619
123	The Walton Centre NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	11,534
124	Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	11,389
125	Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustStafford	10,360
126	Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustStanmore	8,815
127	Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation TrustLondon	8,422
128	Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury	8,036
129	Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	5,921
130	Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	4,886
131	Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustPreston	4,634
132	Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustAshford	4,449
133	Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	4,437
134	The Christie NHS Foundation TrustManchester	3,286
135	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon	1,719
136	The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation TrustWirral	797
137	Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation TrustBodmin	756
138	Bradford District Care NHS Foundation TrustShipley	591
139	Cambridgeshire And Peterborough NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	76
140	Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS TrustWorcester	33

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People waiting to start planned consultant-led treatment (incomplete pathways). Figures are trust-wide, from NHS England RTT statistics, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See methodology for definitions and update schedule.