ShortestWait

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust South West Area: Devon

At the end of August 2026, 74,526 patients were waiting for treatment at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 12.7 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
12.7 weeks
92% waiting less than
41.2 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
63%
Waiting over a year
1,684

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 828 13.5 wks 12.8 wks 42.9 wks 170th of 238
Urology 3,260 13.4 wks 12.2 wks 40.9 wks 137th of 180
Orthopaedics 10,106 18.3 wks 13.9 wks 49.2 wks 271st of 299
Ear, nose and throat 4,933 17.4 wks 15.4 wks 41.4 wks 123rd of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 8,549 13.4 wks 10.4 wks 42.1 wks 273rd of 301
Oral surgery 2,930 12.6 wks 16.4 wks 36.4 wks 29th of 112
Plastic surgery 1,252 10.4 wks 14.0 wks 30.8 wks 35th of 82
General medicine 97 14.2 wks 10.2 wks 36.2 wks 55th of 62
Gastroenterology 2,497 8.3 wks 11.0 wks 22.0 wks 60th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 6,002 14.4 wks 11.9 wks 43.0 wks 99th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 5,933 9.4 wks 10.5 wks 41.0 wks 45th of 111
Respiratory medicine 2,021 10.5 wks 10.4 wks 31.4 wks 69th of 120
Neurology 1,734 14.0 wks 13.2 wks 33.5 wks 54th of 87
Rheumatology 843 9.1 wks 10.9 wks 24.2 wks 52nd of 120
Elderly medicine 302 6.0 wks 7.6 wks 21.5 wks 34th of 96
Gynaecology 5,505 14.1 wks 14.2 wks 43.1 wks 108th of 176
Other medical specialties 8,214 11.0 wks 10.7 wks 34.7 wks 91st of 145
Other paediatric specialties 1,428 12.5 wks 12.3 wks 39.7 wks 69th of 113
Other surgical specialties 6,089 11.5 wks 11.4 wks 39.1 wks 81st of 129
Other services 2,003 7.7 wks 8.7 wks 33.6 wks 52nd 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 Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 14.6 weeks to 12.7 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612.7 wks
Show the figures
MonthRoyal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202612.712.2
July 202612.412
June 202612.411.9
May 20261312.4
April 202612.511.9
March 202612.211.3
February 202613.513.2
January 202613.413.6
December 202513.313.5
November 202512.912.9
October 202513.813.3
September 202513.813.4
August 20251413.5
July 202513.613.1
June 202513.713.4
May 202513.813.6
April 202513.113.3
March 20251313.9
February 202513.914.2
January 202514.514.5
December 202414.714.2
November 202414.514
October 202414.714.2
September 202414.614.4

Where it treats patients

Royal Devon University Healthcare 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.

Compare Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust with another hospital

Embed these figures on your website

Copy this code into your page. The box updates itself when NHS England publishes new figures each month.

Preview the box