NHS trusts with the most 12-hour A&E trolley waits

Patients who waited more than 12 hours from the decision to admit them until a bed was found.

133 trusts · Ranked worst first. Data: Aug 2026. Source: NHS England A&E statistics.

#	Trust	12hr+ waits
1	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	1,990
2	Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon	1,946
3	The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury	1,399
4	Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea	1,371
5	Barts Health NHS TrustLondon	1,189
6	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury	1,106
7	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester	1,072
8	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	1,027
9	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham	1,015
10	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing	984
11	Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth	965
12	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln	945
13	North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington	882
14	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn	863
15	Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton	848
16	Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby	798
17	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford	794
18	Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering	697
19	Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham	695
20	East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester	675
21	University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent	675
22	University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal	666
23	North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough	663
24	Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton	647
25	Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford	629
26	Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester	628
27	Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe	612
28	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton	600
29	Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath	594
30	London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow	585
31	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro	571
32	Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon	557
33	University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester	540
34	Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill	504
35	Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol	481
36	Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford	479
37	Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton	470
38	Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames	462
39	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	460
40	Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley	460
41	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral	446
42	Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot	436
43	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool	428
44	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	399
45	East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield	397
46	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	396
47	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston	394
48	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth	373
49	Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne	358
50	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds	342
51	University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustPlymouth	341
52	University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby	334
53	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham	333
54	George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton	330
55	West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds	327
56	Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury	298
57	East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea	288
58	Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon	281
59	Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey	276
60	Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick	273
61	Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone	272
62	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull	270
63	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow	267
64	Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley	264
65	North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle	259
66	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield	236
67	Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan	235
68	Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster	220
69	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield	214
70	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter	200
71	Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon	170
72	Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation TrustTorquay	166
73	Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall	162
74	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield	156
75	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn	151
76	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford	144
77	Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich	138
78	University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole	135
79	Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham	134
80	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	131
81	Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford	121
82	South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick	121
83	Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport	118
84	York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork	116
85	Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport	115
86	Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath	114
87	Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester	91
88	The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley	90
89	East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage	81
90	Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon	80
91	Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield	70
92	Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	61
93	Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton	32
94	County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington	27
95	West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford	23
96	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester	21
97	Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon	19
98	Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke	18
99	Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford	18
100	The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne	16
101	The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge	15
102	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton	13
103	University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry	12
104	Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley	9
105	Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSheffield	9
106	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford	6
107	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough	5
108	North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool	5
109	Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead	4
110	The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham	2
111	Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	1
112	Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading	0
113	Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	0
114	Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustBrighton	0
115	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes	0
116	Humber Teaching NHS Foundation TrustHull	0
117	Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation TrustSheffield	0
118	Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate	0
119	Gloucestershire Health And Care NHS Foundation TrustGloucester	0
120	Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	0
121	Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	0
122	North East London NHS Foundation TrustIlford	0
123	Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead	0
124	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields	0
125	Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury	0
126	Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS TrustLincoln	0
127	Wirral Community Health And Care NHS Foundation TrustBirkenhead	0
128	Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon	0
129	South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland	0
130	Central London Community Healthcare NHS TrustLondon	0
131	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	0
132	Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustAshford	0
133	Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	0

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Patients who waited more than 12 hours from decision-to-admit to admission. Figures are trust-wide, from NHS England A&E statistics, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See methodology for definitions and update schedule.