ShortestWait

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust North East and Yorkshire Area: West Yorkshire

At the end of August 2026, 89,330 patients were waiting for treatment at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Half had waited less than 11.0 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
11.0 weeks
92% waiting less than
37.3 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
67%
Waiting over a year
1,485

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 1,702 9.6 wks 12.8 wks 27.1 wks 76th of 238
Urology 4,084 11.5 wks 12.2 wks 30.5 wks 101st of 180
Orthopaedics 6,886 15.6 wks 13.9 wks 48.5 wks 224th of 299
Ear, nose and throat 3,264 15.1 wks 15.4 wks 48.2 wks 86th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 4,794 8.1 wks 10.4 wks 24.2 wks 152nd of 301
Oral surgery 2,143 10.7 wks 16.4 wks 30.5 wks 17th of 112
Neurosurgery 566 11.1 wks 13.4 wks 45.4 wks 9th of 37
Plastic surgery 2,760 14.0 wks 14.0 wks 44.1 wks 55th of 82
Cardiothoracic surgery 447 7.7 wks 9.6 wks 28.6 wks 6th of 21
General medicine 109 1.9 wks 10.2 wks 3.4 wks 2nd of 62
Gastroenterology 2,923 7.8 wks 11.0 wks 33.3 wks 50th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 3,342 4.9 wks 11.9 wks 13.9 wks 3rd of 125
Dermatology (skin) 5,704 9.9 wks 10.5 wks 32.9 wks 54th of 111
Respiratory medicine 805 4.9 wks 10.4 wks 15.9 wks 4th of 120
Neurology 3,067 12.2 wks 13.2 wks 28.7 wks 40th of 87
Rheumatology 2,273 13.1 wks 10.9 wks 33.2 wks 98th of 120
Elderly medicine 66 4.4 wks 7.6 wks 11.9 wks 10th of 96
Gynaecology 10,121 13.8 wks 14.2 wks 41.3 wks 103rd of 176
Other medical specialties 14,562 9.5 wks 10.7 wks 34.0 wks 59th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 10,246 15.0 wks 12.3 wks 41.2 wks 91st of 113
Other surgical specialties 8,610 11.2 wks 11.4 wks 37.9 wks 77th of 129
Other services 856 6.4 wks 8.7 wks 28.8 wks 33rd 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

  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • England
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 11.9 weeks to 11.0 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202611.0 wks
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MonthLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustEngland
August 202611.012.2
July 202610.712
June 202610.611.9
May 20261112.4
April 202610.511.9
March 202610.111.3
February 202611.513.2
January 202611.913.6
December 202511.513.5
November 202510.912.9
October 202511.213.3
September 202511.313.4
August 202511.213.5
July 20251113.1
June 202511.413.4
May 202511.413.6
April 202510.913.3
March 202510.513.9
February 202511.714.2
January 202512.114.5
December 202411.814.2
November 202411.314
October 202411.714.2
September 202411.914.4

Where it treats patients

Leeds Teaching 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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