NHS trusts with the longest waiting lists

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

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

#	Trust	Waiting list
1	Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester	167,070
2	Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea	165,234
3	Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon	137,873
4	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford	136,819
5	Barts Health NHS TrustLondon	122,447
6	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing	118,139
7	University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester	114,859
8	Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon	109,147
9	University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby	100,816
10	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	96,056
11	Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol	95,997
12	East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester	95,324
13	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	91,060
14	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford	89,879
15	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds	89,297
16	The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne	88,001
17	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton	86,990
18	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull	86,732
19	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham	86,339
20	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury	85,362
21	Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon	84,317
22	Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot	83,764
23	London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow	81,503
24	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	79,701
25	North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough	75,552
26	University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent	75,383
27	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter	74,495
28	Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	72,057
29	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton	71,030
30	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	70,976
31	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln	69,984
32	University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole	67,232
33	Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick	67,228
34	Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley	66,684
35	University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry	66,585
36	Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich	66,055
37	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham	65,922
38	Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford	65,757
39	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	64,802
40	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	64,765
41	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston	62,308
42	South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland	61,717
43	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	60,401
44	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester	59,549
45	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough	58,402
46	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield	57,955
47	York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork	57,604
48	East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage	57,593
49	Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth	57,574
50	Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton	56,697
51	Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon	55,419
52	Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster	55,381
53	Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton	55,374
54	East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea	55,366
55	Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey	54,829
56	County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington	54,387
57	Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill	51,577
58	Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone	50,979
59	Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke	49,602
60	The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley	48,882
61	Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham	47,942
62	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn	46,339
63	Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan	46,291
64	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro	44,996
65	West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford	44,404
66	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral	43,231
67	Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby	43,136
68	Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath	43,127
69	Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon	42,520
70	Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	42,010
71	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool	41,103
72	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow	40,233
73	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields	39,285
74	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes	38,521
75	The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury	38,312
76	Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames	38,295
77	Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton	36,998
78	University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal	36,391
79	Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath	36,343
80	Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham	35,800
81	North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington	35,442
82	Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield	35,185
83	North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle	35,113
84	Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport	34,931
85	Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading	34,597
86	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield	33,431
87	West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds	32,863
88	The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge	32,553
89	Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering	32,044
90	South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick	31,997
91	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford	31,752
92	Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford	31,638
93	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth	31,209
94	Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury	31,012
95	Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe	30,253
96	Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford	30,105
97	The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham	29,809
98	Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester	29,011
99	Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall	28,489
100	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield	26,724
101	Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon	25,725
102	North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool	24,063
103	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn	23,666
104	Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	23,169
105	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester	23,094
106	Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford	23,032
107	Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon	22,757
108	Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead	22,246
109	Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate	21,665
110	Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley	21,616
111	George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton	19,075
112	Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	16,735
113	Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne	16,487
114	East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield	15,694
115	Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley	14,971
116	Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustBrighton	14,239
117	The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	13,403
118	The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustOswestry	13,180
119	Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport	12,463
120	Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead	11,753
121	Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation TrustSheffield	11,708
122	The Walton Centre NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	11,646
123	Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	10,814
124	Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustStafford	10,166
125	Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustStanmore	9,710
126	Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation TrustLondon	8,184
127	Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury	8,162
128	Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	5,955
129	Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	4,734
130	Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustAshford	4,655
131	Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	4,576
132	Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustPreston	3,267
133	The Christie NHS Foundation TrustManchester	3,086
134	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon	1,681
135	The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation TrustWirral	888
136	Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation TrustBodmin	820
137	Bradford District Care NHS Foundation TrustShipley	571
138	Cambridgeshire And Peterborough NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	55
139	Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS TrustWorcester	42

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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.