ShortestWait

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust South West Area: Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

At the end of August 2026, 45,002 patients were waiting for treatment at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. Half had waited less than 9.7 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
9.7 weeks
92% waiting less than
33.6 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
73%
Waiting over a year
446

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 1,994 14.7 wks 12.8 wks 42.4 wks 195th of 238
Urology 1,964 13.3 wks 12.2 wks 38.5 wks 135th of 180
Orthopaedics 5,637 18.0 wks 13.9 wks 49.8 wks 269th of 299
Ear, nose and throat 3,385 10.8 wks 15.4 wks 28.5 wks 32nd of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 4,117 8.0 wks 10.4 wks 27.0 wks 143rd of 301
Oral surgery 2,453 9.8 wks 16.4 wks 30.3 wks 10th of 112
Gastroenterology 2,022 6.1 wks 11.0 wks 23.7 wks 30th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 2,469 12.7 wks 11.9 wks 38.2 wks 87th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 4,396 6.8 wks 10.5 wks 24.4 wks 18th of 111
Respiratory medicine 667 11.4 wks 10.4 wks 28.2 wks 83rd of 120
Neurology 1,054 7.4 wks 13.2 wks 20.0 wks 10th of 87
Rheumatology 552 6.0 wks 10.9 wks 16.3 wks 13th of 120
Elderly medicine 343 6.4 wks 7.6 wks 18.3 wks 44th of 96
Gynaecology 3,608 13.5 wks 14.2 wks 36.6 wks 97th of 176
Other medical specialties 5,365 7.6 wks 10.7 wks 20.7 wks 26th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 732 8.3 wks 12.3 wks 24.1 wks 14th of 113
Other surgical specialties 3,258 8.2 wks 11.4 wks 32.5 wks 29th of 129
Other services 986 4.2 wks 8.7 wks 22.4 wks 7th 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 Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
  • England
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 10.9 weeks to 9.7 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 20269.7 wks12.2 wks
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MonthRoyal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustEngland
August 20269.712.2
July 20268.912
June 20268.811.9
May 20269.312.4
April 20268.711.9
March 20268.511.3
February 20269.713.2
January 20269.813.6
December 20259.513.5
November 20258.812.9
October 20259.313.3
September 20251013.4
August 20251013.5
July 20259.413.1
June 20259.613.4
May 20251013.6
April 20251013.3
March 20259.713.9
February 202510.814.2
January 202511.214.5
December 202410.814.2
November 202410.114
October 202410.614.2
September 202410.914.4

Where it treats patients

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS 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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