NHS trusts with the most year-long waits

Patients who have been waiting more than 52 weeks to start treatment — the waits the NHS aims to eliminate.

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

#	Trust	52+ week waits
1	Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea	13,102
2	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing	5,120
3	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford	3,774
4	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull	3,331
5	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury	2,648
6	University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry	2,567
7	University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester	2,407
8	Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth	2,044
9	University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby	2,039
10	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham	1,899
11	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	1,890
12	Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich	1,877
13	Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot	1,695
14	Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster	1,626
15	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter	1,615
16	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	1,585
17	Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon	1,546
18	University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent	1,516
19	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford	1,502
20	Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton	1,474
21	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds	1,470
22	Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby	1,408
23	Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester	1,385
24	Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke	1,272
25	Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford	1,243
26	County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington	1,199
27	York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork	1,163
28	Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill	1,137
29	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool	1,122
30	Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan	1,100
31	Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon	1,080
32	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln	1,063
33	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton	1,037
34	Barts Health NHS TrustLondon	1,030
35	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton	998
36	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes	982
37	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth	959
38	Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley	936
39	Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	911
40	Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey	906
41	Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon	875
42	Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford	851
43	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	838
44	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	774
45	University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole	773
46	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough	741
47	The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne	741
48	Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham	727
49	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	722
50	Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon	720
51	Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath	711
52	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	710
53	East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage	705
54	University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal	688
55	Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton	580
56	London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow	579
57	West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds	574
58	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester	573
59	Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton	510
60	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield	509
61	East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester	497
62	Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol	491
63	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro	487
64	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield	475
65	The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham	444
66	Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford	433
67	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow	427
68	Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustBrighton	419
69	North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough	399
70	North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle	383
71	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester	379
72	West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford	374
73	Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick	368
74	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston	362
75	East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea	351
76	North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington	329
77	South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick	312
78	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield	308
79	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral	307
80	East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield	303
81	Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton	293
82	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn	277
83	Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe	276
84	Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation TrustLondon	233
85	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	230
86	Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead	223
87	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn	223
88	The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustOswestry	214
89	Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester	211
90	Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	191
91	Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford	183
92	North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool	173
93	Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames	164
94	Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath	155
95	Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport	146
96	Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation TrustSheffield	136
97	Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon	122
98	Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury	118
99	Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley	112
100	Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	111
101	The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge	108
102	Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	103
103	George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton	98
104	Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering	84
105	Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon	83
106	Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport	81
107	The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	66
108	The Walton Centre NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	62
109	Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham	46
110	Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley	46
111	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford	44
112	Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	37
113	Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading	34
114	Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon	26
115	Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	25
116	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham	24
117	Bradford District Care NHS Foundation TrustShipley	21
118	Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	21
119	The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley	17
120	Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall	15
121	Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate	12
122	Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustStanmore	11
123	Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield	8
124	Cambridgeshire And Peterborough NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	7
125	Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead	5
126	Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone	2
127	South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland	1
128	Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury	0
129	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon	0
130	Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS TrustWorcester	0
131	The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury	0
132	Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	0
133	Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustAshford	0
134	Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation TrustBodmin	0
135	The Christie NHS Foundation TrustManchester	0
136	Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne	0
137	The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation TrustWirral	0
138	Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustStafford	0
139	Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustPreston	0
140	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields	0

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Patients who have been on the waiting list more than 52 weeks. Figures are trust-wide, from NHS England RTT statistics, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See methodology for definitions and update schedule.