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.

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

#	Trust	52+ week waits
1	Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea	13,426
2	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing	5,634
3	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford	3,928
4	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull	3,500
5	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury	2,623
6	University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester	2,454
7	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham	2,404
8	University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby	2,176
9	University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry	2,173
10	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	2,004
11	Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth	1,863
12	Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich	1,802
13	Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot	1,752
14	University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent	1,735
15	Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton	1,702
16	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter	1,684
17	Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby	1,584
18	Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster	1,553
19	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	1,542
20	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford	1,516
21	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds	1,484
22	County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington	1,410
23	Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon	1,334
24	Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester	1,332
25	Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill	1,304
26	Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford	1,257
27	York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork	1,257
28	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton	1,215
29	Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke	1,188
30	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool	1,109
31	Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan	1,106
32	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln	1,088
33	Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley	1,078
34	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton	1,058
35	Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey	1,028
36	Barts Health NHS TrustLondon	1,012
37	Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon	969
38	Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon	911
39	Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford	882
40	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes	882
41	East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage	853
42	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	845
43	Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	845
44	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	815
45	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon	805
46	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth	802
47	Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon	772
48	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough	730
49	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	724
50	The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne	720
51	Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham	716
52	University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole	657
53	Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath	637
54	West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds	613
55	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester	592
56	University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal	584
57	London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow	581
58	Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol	521
59	Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton	509
60	Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton	499
61	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield	491
62	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield	468
63	Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick	461
64	North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough	450
65	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro	446
66	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow	411
67	East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester	410
68	South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick	398
69	West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford	393
70	Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford	378
71	The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham	376
72	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester	370
73	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston	364
74	North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle	356
75	East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea	338
76	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield	337
77	Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustBrighton	335
78	North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington	321
79	East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield	284
80	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral	274
81	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn	259
82	Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe	247
83	Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford	229
84	Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead	228
85	The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustOswestry	227
86	Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation TrustLondon	226
87	North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool	225
88	Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester	184
89	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	174
90	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn	171
91	Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	161
92	Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport	155
93	Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath	154
94	Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley	148
95	Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	141
96	Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	127
97	Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury	126
98	Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation TrustSheffield	122
99	Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon	116
100	Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon	101
101	The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge	96
102	Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering	89
103	George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton	87
104	The Walton Centre NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	81
105	Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport	80
106	The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham	69
107	Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames	58
108	Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham	55
109	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford	40
110	Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley	40
111	Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading	35
112	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham	34
113	Bradford District Care NHS Foundation TrustShipley	28
114	Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon	22
115	Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	22
116	The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley	21
117	Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon	19
118	Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool	15
119	Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate	12
120	Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall	11
121	Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustStanmore	11
122	Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield	9
123	Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead	8
124	Cambridgeshire And Peterborough NHS Foundation TrustCambridge	7
125	Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone	4
126	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon	1
127	Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury	1
128	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields	0
129	Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton	0
130	Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS TrustWorcester	0
131	Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustStafford	0
132	The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation TrustWirral	0
133	Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustPreston	0
134	The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury	0
135	Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation TrustBodmin	0
136	South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland	0
137	Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustAshford	0
138	Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne	0
139	The Christie NHS Foundation TrustManchester	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.