HospitalCheck

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: Sep 2026. Source: NHS England A&E statistics.

#Trust12hr+ waits
1University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham2,085
2Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon2,031
3The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury1,373
4Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea1,371
5United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln1,347
6Barts Health NHS TrustLondon1,208
7Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth1,202
8Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool1,125
9Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford1,103
10East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury1,079
11Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester1,062
12Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham979
13East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester858
14North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington856
15University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing840
16Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton821
17East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn814
18University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby794
19Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester768
20Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby757
21Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering743
22Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton743
23Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon713
24North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough705
25King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon692
26Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone686
27Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds685
28Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne681
29London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow657
30University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent640
31Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath626
32Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol620
33Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull612
34Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe607
35Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley599
36University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustPlymouth588
37Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton580
38Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford568
39University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal532
40Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames516
41The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton506
42Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool505
43University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester499
44Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral498
45Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro497
46East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield490
47Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford490
48Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey489
49Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham454
50Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon440
51Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot439
52Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill432
53Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston425
54James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth423
55Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham413
56Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster376
57George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton354
58University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole342
59Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall339
60The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow328
61York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork315
62Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich287
63St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon287
64Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon278
65Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge262
66University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon246
67Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan238
68Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury235
69North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle229
70Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport228
71Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick221
72East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea215
73Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford215
74Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter213
75Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield213
76South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick190
77Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley181
78Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield180
79Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield179
80Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath176
81Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation TrustTorquay167
82Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham164
83The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley155
84The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn154
85West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds149
86Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford135
87Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport110
88Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley109
89East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage89
90Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton86
91Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton85
92Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester81
93Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon73
94Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester70
95County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington52
96Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon44
97Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield41
98North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool25
99Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon25
100Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford24
101South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough18
102University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry18
103The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne17
104The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham17
105West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford15
106University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton14
107Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke11
108Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead11
109Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford8
110Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSheffield8
111The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge6
112Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham3
113Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes2
114South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland2
115Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate1
116Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields0
117Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury0
118Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS TrustLincoln0
119Wirral Community Health And Care NHS Foundation TrustBirkenhead0
120Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon0
121Central London Community Healthcare NHS TrustLondon0
122Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon0
123Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead0
124Humber Teaching NHS Foundation TrustHull0
125Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton0
126Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading0
127Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustAshford0
128Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool0
129Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustBrighton0
130Gloucestershire Health And Care NHS Foundation TrustGloucester0
131Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation TrustSheffield0
132Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool0
133North East London NHS Foundation TrustIlford0
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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.