ShortestWait

NHS waiting times for October 2025

At the end of October 2025, 7.34 million people in England were waiting for consultant-led treatment. Half had waited less than 13.3 weeks, and 61.7% had waited under 18 weeks.

England Oct 2025 vs Sep 2025 vs Oct 2024
People waiting7,337,076 +7,502 −235,708
Median wait (weeks)13.3 0 −0.9
92% within (weeks)40.6 −1.3 −1.8
Within 18 weeks61.7% 0 pts +2.8 pts
Waiting over a year174,373 −7,574 −63,168

Biggest changes since September 2025

Change in each provider's median wait across all specialties, among the 256 providers with at least 1,000 patients waiting in both months.

Shorter waits

  1. Pioneer Healthcare Limited −3.9 wks now 30.3
  2. Euxton Hall Hospital −2.8 wks now 8.3
  3. Spire Cheshire Hospital −2.4 wks now 8.0
  4. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust −2.3 wks now 14.4
  5. Spire Methley Park Hospital −1.9 wks now 8.8
  6. Beaumont Hospital −1.9 wks now 8.7
  7. Nuffield Health, Derby Hospital −1.8 wks now 14.8
  8. North Downs Hospital −1.6 wks now 11.7
  9. Spire Elland Hospital −1.6 wks now 8.1
  10. Springfield Hospital −1.6 wks now 9.6

Longer waits

  1. Practice Plus Group Hospital - Plymouth +2.9 wks now 12.6
  2. Spire Leicester Hospital +2.4 wks now 7.2
  3. Spire Manchester Hospital +2.0 wks now 14.8
  4. Spire London East +1.8 wks now 14.9
  5. Newmedica - Gloucester (Brighouse Court) +1.7 wks now 6.6
  6. Cora Health Diagnostics (Formerly Healthshare Diagnostics) +1.6 wks now 14.0
  7. Newmedica Community Ophthalmology - North East Lincolnshire - Grimsby +1.4 wks now 9.1
  8. Glendon Wood Hospital +1.2 wks now 8.1
  9. Communitas Clinics +1.1 wks now 21.7
  10. The Hamptons Hospital Ltd +1.1 wks now 13.1

England by specialty

SpecialtyWaitingMedian waitvs Sep 2025Within 18 weeks
General surgery 392,001 13.5 wks +0.2 61%
Urology 390,137 13.1 wks −0.3 62%
Orthopaedics 867,625 14.4 wks +0.1 59%
Ear, nose and throat 615,457 17.5 wks 0 51%
Ophthalmology (eyes) 600,728 10.2 wks −0.3 71%
Oral surgery 317,880 17.6 wks 0 51%
Neurosurgery 58,245 13.5 wks −0.3 62%
Plastic surgery 105,548 14.8 wks +0.5 57%
Cardiothoracic surgery 9,326 10.3 wks −0.5 70%
General medicine 37,037 11.1 wks −0.2 69%
Gastroenterology 383,164 12.2 wks −0.1 65%
Cardiology (heart) 388,897 13.2 wks −0.1 63%
Dermatology (skin) 434,502 12.8 wks +0.5 63%
Respiratory medicine 189,090 11.9 wks −0.3 67%
Neurology 224,733 15.0 wks −0.2 58%
Rheumatology 121,595 11.8 wks +0.1 67%
Elderly medicine 26,135 7.5 wks −0.3 84%
Gynaecology 577,404 15.0 wks −0.1 57%
Other medical specialties 636,088 11.7 wks −0.1 66%
Other mental health 2,900 10.2 wks −2.1 70%
Other paediatric specialties 320,923 13.7 wks −0.2 61%
Other surgical specialties 483,574 12.6 wks 0 63%
Other services 154,087 8.5 wks −0.5 75%

Providers that did not report

These providers reported in September 2025 but not in October 2025. Usually this is a missed submission; sometimes a merger or a closed service.

Reporting for the first time