ShortestWait

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust South West Area: Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire

At the end of August 2026, 43,165 patients were waiting for treatment at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 11.6 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
11.6 weeks
92% waiting less than
32.2 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
70%
Waiting over a year
154

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 3,847 14.2 wks 12.8 wks 38.4 wks 182nd of 238
Urology 2,172 10.6 wks 12.2 wks 31.4 wks 75th of 180
Orthopaedics 2,696 11.8 wks 13.9 wks 36.3 wks 134th of 299
Ear, nose and throat 3,965 15.1 wks 15.4 wks 38.5 wks 85th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 2,771 7.8 wks 10.4 wks 21.3 wks 139th of 301
Oral surgery 2,998 17.6 wks 16.4 wks 38.2 wks 65th of 112
General medicine 15 11.8 wks 10.2 wks 17.6 wks under 50 waiting
Gastroenterology 2,685 10.3 wks 11.0 wks 25.0 wks 99th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 4,057 12.5 wks 11.9 wks 30.8 wks 83rd of 125
Dermatology (skin) 2,955 8.2 wks 10.5 wks 26.8 wks 30th of 111
Respiratory medicine 489 7.4 wks 10.4 wks 17.8 wks 26th of 120
Neurology 1,360 16.3 wks 13.2 wks 37.1 wks 70th of 87
Rheumatology 1,375 11.3 wks 10.9 wks 33.4 wks 82nd of 120
Elderly medicine 181 7.5 wks 7.6 wks 16.3 wks 56th of 96
Gynaecology 3,313 10.7 wks 14.2 wks 26.7 wks 46th of 176
Other medical specialties 4,239 10.2 wks 10.7 wks 30.1 wks 75th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 1,491 18.9 wks 12.3 wks 38.1 wks 107th of 113
Other surgical specialties 1,846 10.1 wks 11.4 wks 28.4 wks 64th of 129
Other services 710 6.8 wks 8.7 wks 16.8 wks 38th 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

  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 13.1 weeks to 11.6 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202611.6 wks
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MonthRoyal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202611.612.2
July 202611.512
June 202611.511.9
May 202611.512.4
April 202611.111.9
March 202610.711.3
February 202612.313.2
January 202613.313.6
December 202513.313.5
November 202512.912.9
October 20251413.3
September 202513.913.4
August 202514.513.5
July 202514.613.1
June 202514.113.4
May 202513.613.6
April 202513.113.3
March 202513.613.9
February 202513.814.2
January 20251414.5
December 202413.414.2
November 202412.714
October 20241314.2
September 202413.114.4

Where it treats patients

Royal United Hospitals Bath 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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