ShortestWait

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust Midlands Area: Lincolnshire

At the end of August 2026, 69,989 patients were waiting for treatment at United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Half had waited less than 13.0 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
13.0 weeks
92% waiting less than
42.0 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
63%
Waiting over a year
1,089

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 4,379 10.0 wks 12.8 wks 27.8 wks 85th of 238
Urology 3,361 9.7 wks 12.2 wks 26.3 wks 53rd of 180
Orthopaedics 5,934 12.3 wks 13.9 wks 37.2 wks 145th of 299
Ear, nose and throat 9,895 20.5 wks 15.4 wks 44.4 wks 142nd of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 5,893 11.0 wks 10.4 wks 31.9 wks 222nd of 301
Oral surgery 2,962 18.7 wks 16.4 wks 49.3 wks 77th of 112
Neurosurgery 1 1.5 wks 13.4 wks 1.9 wks under 50 waiting
General medicine 410 19.3 wks 10.2 wks 30.5 wks 60th of 62
Gastroenterology 5,197 12.4 wks 11.0 wks 42.3 wks 134th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 1,375 6.2 wks 11.9 wks 19.4 wks 6th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 5,947 14.6 wks 10.5 wks 44.2 wks 98th of 111
Respiratory medicine 1,958 9.1 wks 10.4 wks 37.6 wks 52nd of 120
Neurology 2,509 10.1 wks 13.2 wks 23.3 wks 23rd of 87
Rheumatology 1,620 18.4 wks 10.9 wks 44.6 wks 114th of 120
Elderly medicine 406 12.0 wks 7.6 wks 29.7 wks 91st of 96
Gynaecology 6,889 18.3 wks 14.2 wks 46.4 wks 158th of 176
Other medical specialties 5,254 9.6 wks 10.7 wks 32.0 wks 60th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 1,611 17.2 wks 12.3 wks 42.2 wks 103rd of 113
Other surgical specialties 4,001 12.2 wks 11.4 wks 50.5 wks 91st of 129
Other services 387 10.2 wks 8.7 wks 17.4 wks 76th 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

  • United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • England
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 17.6 weeks to 13 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202613 wks
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MonthUnited Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustEngland
August 20261312.2
July 202613.412
June 202613.911.9
May 20261412.4
April 202613.211.9
March 202613.311.3
February 202615.413.2
January 202616.413.6
December 202516.313.5
November 202516.312.9
October 202516.513.3
September 202516.313.4
August 202516.513.5
July 202516.113.1
June 202516.113.4
May 202516.213.6
April 202515.713.3
March 202516.413.9
February 202516.314.2
January 202516.314.5
December 202416.514.2
November 202416.614
October 202416.914.2
September 202417.614.4

Where it treats patients

United Lincolnshire 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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