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NHS Orkney

NHS Scotland health board

A&E hospitals in this board

A&E performance

August 2026 · all A&E department types across this board's A&E sites.

A&E attendances
767
In the latest month
Seen within 4 hours
95.2%
Scottish standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
0
Attendances (episode-based)
Seen within 4 hours
All A&E department types
85%90%95%100%Jul 19Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26Standard 95%95.2%95.6%July 201997.8%August 201998.7%September 201997.4%October 201998.2%November 201997.5%December 201995.6%January 202094.1%February 202094.9%March 202098.7%April 202097.5%May 202098.7%June 202099.1%July 202098.7%August 202098.6%September 202093.6%October 202097.0%November 202095.7%December 202095.8%January 202192.0%February 202196.1%March 202197.1%April 202197.2%May 202197.7%June 202196.9%July 202196.4%August 202196.0%September 202195.1%October 202196.5%November 202194.3%December 202192.1%January 202294.5%February 202292.1%March 202291.2%April 202295.2%May 202291.9%June 202292.3%July 202289.2%August 202289.1%September 202289.8%October 202289.7%November 202287.6%December 202286.7%January 202384.9%February 202385.0%March 202388.3%April 202385.6%May 202388.4%June 202387.8%July 202387.5%August 202392.7%September 202395.2%October 202391.8%November 202391.9%December 202393.3%January 202490.0%February 202494.3%March 202490.8%April 202493.5%May 202491.2%June 202491.6%July 202489.8%August 202489.4%September 202490.9%October 202491.5%November 202491.7%December 202487.3%January 202592.2%February 202592.4%March 202594.5%April 202597.2%May 202596.8%June 202595.4%July 202591.8%August 202594.8%September 202589.9%October 202593.5%November 202595.0%December 202591.6%January 202690.1%February 202695.3%March 202693.8%April 202695.3%May 202693.9%June 202691.8%July 202695.2%August 2026
A&E attendances
Per month
200400600800Jul 19Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26767677July 2019651August 2019614September 2019568October 2019541November 2019600December 2019585January 2020562February 2020415March 2020236April 2020357May 2020399June 2020467July 2020520August 2020506September 2020454October 2020437November 2020415December 2020402January 2021375February 2021487March 2021509April 2021597May 2021610June 2021644July 2021660August 2021606September 2021546October 2021517November 2021543December 2021560January 2022477February 2022592March 2022599April 2022712May 2022717June 2022665July 2022706August 2022654September 2022559October 2022663November 2022695December 2022596January 2023549February 2023634March 2023643April 2023729May 2023640June 2023729July 2023730August 2023655September 2023589October 2023564November 2023665December 2023596January 2024643February 2024683March 2024694April 2024785May 2024726June 2024790July 2024747August 2024695September 2024649October 2024609November 2024676December 2024664January 2025563February 2025684March 2025729April 2025742May 2025747June 2025854July 2025753August 2025744September 2025702October 2025679November 2025682December 2025606January 2026583February 2026644March 2026713April 2026825May 2026808June 2026822July 2026767August 2026

Source: Public Health Scotland, Monthly A&E Activity & Waiting Times. Scottish figures are measured separately from NHS England and are not directly comparable. About this data

Waiting times

August 2026 · patients waiting for a first outpatient appointment or for inpatient/day-case treatment. Scotland's standard is 12 weeks.

New outpatient — patients waiting
1,398
Waiting under 12 weeks
48.6%
Waiting over a year
22
Median wait (recently seen)
4.4 wks
9 in 10 seen within
36.6 wks
Inpatient / day case — patients waiting
405
Waiting under 12 weeks
41.0%
Waiting over a year
78
Median wait (recently seen)
4.4 wks
9 in 10 seen within
57.3 wks
Outpatients waiting
First-appointment waiting list
1,2501,5001,750May 24Jan 25Jan 261,3981,617May 20241,707June 20241,765July 20241,779August 20241,748September 20241,732October 20241,684November 20241,789December 20241,818January 20251,801February 20251,616March 20251,745April 20251,733May 20251,641June 20251,489July 20251,344August 20251,237September 20251,280October 20251,188November 20251,238December 20251,242January 20261,154February 20261,239March 20261,305April 20261,416May 20261,477June 20261,483July 20261,398August 2026
Inpatients / day cases waiting
Treatment waiting list
200300400May 24Jan 25Jan 26405252May 2024225June 2024228July 2024244August 2024230September 2024229October 2024237November 2024219December 2024208January 2025208February 2025243March 2025266April 2025274May 2025318June 2025432July 2025437August 2025441September 2025452October 2025412November 2025401December 2025398January 2026401February 2026400March 2026395April 2026394May 2026411June 2026399July 2026405August 2026
Longest outpatient waiting lists by specialty (August 2026)
SpecialtyWaitingWithin 12 wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery34849.7%
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)26538.5%
Ophthalmology21847.2%
Oral Surgery14441.0%
Dermatology11532.2%
Pain Management6645.5%
Community Child Health5819.0%
Gynaecology37100.0%
General Surgery2896.4%
General Medicine2692.3%

Source: Public Health Scotland, Stage of Treatment waiting times. Reported per health board. Scottish waiting times are measured separately from NHS England. About this data

Cancer waiting times

Q2 2026 · share of patients starting treatment within the standard. Both Scottish standards are 95%.

Treated within 62 days
55.6%
10 of 18 · urgent referral to treatment
Treated within 31 days
100.0%
12 of 12 · decision to treat to treatment
62-day standard
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%80%100%Mar 19Standard 95%55.6%85.7%March 2019100.0%June 201975.0%September 201990.0%December 2019100.0%March 2020100.0%June 2020100.0%September 202092.3%December 202083.3%March 2021100.0%June 2021100.0%September 202166.7%December 202188.9%March 202266.7%June 202285.7%September 202283.3%December 202257.1%March 202371.4%June 202350.0%September 2023100.0%December 202366.7%March 202450.0%June 202466.7%September 2024100.0%December 2024100.0%March 202566.7%June 2025100.0%September 202550.0%December 202580.0%March 202655.6%June 2026
31-day standard
Decision to treat to first treatment
96%98%100%Mar 19Standard 95%100.0%100.0%March 2019100.0%June 2019100.0%September 2019100.0%December 2019100.0%March 2020100.0%June 2020100.0%September 2020100.0%December 2020100.0%March 2021100.0%June 2021100.0%September 2021100.0%December 2021100.0%March 2022100.0%June 2022100.0%September 2022100.0%December 2022100.0%March 2023100.0%June 2023100.0%September 2023100.0%December 2023100.0%March 2024100.0%June 2024100.0%September 2024100.0%December 2024100.0%March 2025100.0%June 2025100.0%September 2025100.0%December 2025100.0%March 2026100.0%June 2026

Source: Public Health Scotland, Cancer Waiting Times (by board of treatment, all cancer types). Measured separately from NHS England. About this data

Diagnostic waits

June 2026 · share of the diagnostic waiting list waiting more than 6 weeks. Scotland's standard is that no patient waits longer than 6 weeks.

Waiting over 6 weeks — all key tests
13.2%
of 265 on the imaging & endoscopy waiting list
Waiting over 6 weeks
All key tests combined
20%40%60%80%Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 2613.2%13.2%January 202114.3%February 202150.8%March 202143.3%April 202149.5%May 202165.8%June 202164.4%July 202168.4%August 202173.2%September 202176.6%October 202173.5%November 202172.7%December 202161.8%January 202256.5%February 202253.8%March 202250.0%April 202244.1%May 202260.6%June 202274.7%July 202249.2%August 202250.2%September 202241.2%October 202242.3%November 202248.8%December 202258.6%January 202356.4%February 202345.9%March 202339.9%April 202337.4%May 202324.9%June 202332.0%July 202331.7%August 202330.3%September 202339.2%October 202339.6%November 202332.2%December 202326.9%January 202426.6%February 202424.4%March 202430.8%April 202426.2%May 202427.0%June 202431.8%July 202418.6%August 202422.6%September 202425.9%October 202426.4%November 202427.1%December 202431.3%January 202530.7%February 202527.8%March 202529.3%April 202534.3%May 202539.0%June 202544.0%July 202530.3%August 202518.4%September 202516.1%October 202512.2%November 202532.3%December 202530.0%January 202620.9%February 202626.3%March 202636.5%April 202615.5%May 202613.2%June 2026
TestOn listOver 6 wks
MRI11421.1%
CT490.0%
Colonoscopy4610.9%
Upper Endoscopy2714.8%
Ultrasound195.3%
Lower Endoscopy714.3%
Cystoscopy30.0%

Source: Public Health Scotland, Diagnostic Waiting Times. Measured separately from NHS England. About this data

Board-level figures sum the A&E activity of the hospitals above (Public Health Scotland, OGL v3.0). Looking for England? Browse the hospitals in England, which are measured separately. See methodology.