ShortestWait

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust North East and Yorkshire Area: Humber and North Yorkshire

At the end of August 2026, 57,612 patients were waiting for treatment at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 14.5 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
14.5 weeks
92% waiting less than
42.0 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
59%
Waiting over a year
1,257

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 19 3.8 wks 12.8 wks 25.5 wks under 50 waiting
Urology 2,910 14.4 wks 12.2 wks 41.9 wks 149th of 180
Orthopaedics 4,934 12.4 wks 13.9 wks 39.9 wks 149th of 299
Ear, nose and throat 7,389 15.9 wks 15.4 wks 39.5 wks 108th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 5,580 10.2 wks 10.4 wks 36.6 wks 208th of 301
Oral surgery 4,098 18.9 wks 16.4 wks 45.2 wks 80th of 112
Plastic surgery 252 14.3 wks 14.0 wks 40.0 wks 58th of 82
Gastroenterology 1,918 14.0 wks 11.0 wks 35.1 wks 146th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 2,496 14.8 wks 11.9 wks 38.0 wks 104th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 3,614 14.5 wks 10.5 wks 40.1 wks 97th of 111
Respiratory medicine 3,160 21.0 wks 10.4 wks 46.3 wks 119th of 120
Neurology 1,379 10.2 wks 13.2 wks 27.0 wks 25th of 87
Rheumatology 727 8.3 wks 10.9 wks 23.2 wks 38th of 120
Elderly medicine 280 6.4 wks 7.6 wks 15.8 wks 42nd of 96
Gynaecology 3,637 18.7 wks 14.2 wks 41.9 wks 162nd of 176
Other medical specialties 6,883 15.6 wks 10.7 wks 48.1 wks 135th of 145
Other surgical specialties 8,182 13.9 wks 11.4 wks 45.9 wks 113th of 129
Other services 154 10.8 wks 8.7 wks 40.7 wks 80th of 119

Rank 1st means the shortest median wait among providers with at least 50 patients waiting in that specialty.

Median wait across all specialties

  • York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 15.7 weeks to 14.5 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202614.5 wks12.2 wks
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MonthYork and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202614.512.2
July 202614.012
June 20261411.9
May 202614.412.4
April 202614.311.9
March 202615.111.3
February 202615.813.2
January 202616.213.6
December 202515.613.5
November 202515.512.9
October 202515.413.3
September 202515.413.4
August 202514.813.5
July 20251413.1
June 20251413.4
May 202514.313.6
April 202514.413.3
March 202515.813.9
February 202516.614.2
January 202516.614.5
December 202416.314.2
November 202415.514
October 202415.814.2
September 202415.714.4

Where it treats patients

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of figures for all its hospitals, so the waits above cover every site below.

Sites come from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Some clinics a trust runs inside other organisations' hospitals are not listed.

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