ShortestWait

Dermatology (skin) waiting times by hospital

Patients waiting for dermatology (skin) treatment at the end of August 2026, at every NHS trust and independent provider in England with at least 50 patients waiting.

Includes treatments such as skin, eczema, psoriasis, mole, acne, rash.

England median wait
10.5 weeks
92% waiting less than
37.5 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
69%
People waiting
423,217

Shortest dermatology (skin) waits near you

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England median wait over two years

England: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 13.5 weeks to 10.5 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202610.5 wks
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MonthEngland
August 202610.5
July 202610.2
June 202610.3
May 202611.3
April 202611.2
March 202610.9
February 202613.4
January 202614
December 202513.9
November 202512.9
October 202512.8
September 202512.3
August 202512.0
July 202511.5
June 202512.1
May 202512.5
April 202512.5
March 202513
February 202514.4
January 202514.9
December 202414.8
November 202414.1
October 202413.8
September 202413.5

hospitals ranked by median wait

# Hospital or provider Waiting Median wait 92% within Within 18 weeks vs 3 months ago
1 Cotswolds Surgical Partners Independent South West 51 2.3 wks 10.9 wks 100% 1.4 weeks shorter
2 About Health Hq Independent South West 1,946 3.3 wks 11.2 wks 100% no change
3 Dmc Healthcare Independent 46 sites London 2,656 3.8 wks 23.6 wks 86% 3.3 weeks shorter
4 Novus Health Ltd Independent 47 sites North East and Yorkshire 1,297 4.0 wks 11.3 wks 99% no change
5 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 1,011 4.1 wks 15.4 wks 94% 0.4 weeks shorter
6 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,180 4.2 wks 19.8 wks 90% 0.5 weeks longer
7 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,253 4.7 wks 16.9 wks 93% 0.3 weeks longer
8 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,624 4.7 wks 24.1 wks 87% 3.2 weeks shorter
9 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,597 5.2 wks 16.1 wks 96% 0.1 weeks longer
10 Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,427 5.2 wks 11.7 wks 97% 0.7 weeks longer
11 Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Independent 14 sites South East 607 5.5 wks 22.1 wks 88% 4.9 weeks shorter
12 Omnes Healthcare Ltd Independent 112 sites North West 1,965 5.8 wks 14.8 wks 95% 0.5 weeks longer
13 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust NHS Midlands 3,026 5.8 wks 19.3 wks 90% 0.3 weeks longer
14 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,657 5.8 wks 21.3 wks 88% 0.8 weeks longer
15 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust NHS London 2,917 6.4 wks 20.0 wks 90% 1.7 weeks shorter
16 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,015 6.4 wks 19.7 wks 90% 0.6 weeks longer
17 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,608 6.6 wks 22.7 wks 85% 2.3 weeks shorter
18 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust NHS South West 4,396 6.8 wks 24.4 wks 82% 1.0 weeks longer
19 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 1,154 6.9 wks 20.5 wks 87% 1.0 weeks longer
20 Sussex Community Dermatology Service Independent 72 sites South East 20,045 7.0 wks 23.9 wks 86% 0.1 weeks longer
21 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust NHS Midlands 3,307 7.2 wks 20.9 wks 87% 0.8 weeks shorter
22 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 5,564 7.4 wks 26.3 wks 81% 0.5 weeks longer
23 Epsomedical Group Independent 3 sites South East 685 7.8 wks 18.5 wks 91% 0.9 weeks longer
24 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 4,239 7.8 wks 23.2 wks 85% 2.8 weeks shorter
25 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,977 7.9 wks 21.2 wks 87% 0.5 weeks longer
26 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,475 7.9 wks 28.3 wks 78% 2.0 weeks longer
27 Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 265 7.9 wks 21.3 wks 85% 3.8 weeks longer
28 The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust NHS East of England 2,714 8.0 wks 21.3 wks 87% 2.0 weeks longer
29 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 9,039 8.2 wks 25.6 wks 81% 0.8 weeks shorter
30 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,955 8.2 wks 26.8 wks 82% 1.0 weeks longer
31 Tees Valley Hospital Independent North East and Yorkshire 302 8.3 wks 32.4 wks 75% 1.1 weeks shorter
32 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,781 8.5 wks 23.7 wks 79% 1.7 weeks longer
33 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 3,662 8.6 wks 34.9 wks 76% 0.2 weeks shorter
34 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,209 8.7 wks 28.5 wks 74% 1.1 weeks shorter
35 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,202 8.8 wks 18.5 wks 91% 1.1 weeks shorter
36 Wye Valley NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,296 8.8 wks 27.2 wks 80% 1.5 weeks longer
37 Cora Health Diagnostics (Formerly Healthshare Diagnostics) Independent 198 sites South East 148 8.8 wks 36.4 wks 75% 7.3 weeks shorter
38 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 6,407 8.9 wks 28.8 wks 77% 1.2 weeks shorter
39 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,161 8.9 wks 35.7 wks 68% 4.8 weeks shorter
40 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,059 8.9 wks 35.8 wks 75% 0.9 weeks shorter
41 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 2,620 9.0 wks 23.7 wks 83% 0.1 weeks shorter
42 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,013 9.0 wks 32.2 wks 77% 0.6 weeks shorter
43 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust NHS South East 4,201 9.1 wks 31.2 wks 71% 2.9 weeks shorter
44 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,777 9.2 wks 27.8 wks 75% 1.3 weeks longer
45 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 5,933 9.4 wks 41.0 wks 67% 0.7 weeks shorter
46 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS East of England 3,602 9.4 wks 23.0 wks 82% 1.1 weeks shorter
47 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,243 9.4 wks 25.4 wks 83% no change
48 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 1,764 9.6 wks 27.1 wks 74% 2.3 weeks longer
49 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,552 9.8 wks 44.8 wks 70% 3.1 weeks shorter
50 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 5,115 9.8 wks 26.5 wks 78% 1.5 weeks shorter
51 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 5,979 9.8 wks 32.8 wks 70% 0.3 weeks longer
52 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,384 9.8 wks 30.9 wks 71% 0.5 weeks shorter
53 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,581 9.9 wks 28.4 wks 76% 2.0 weeks shorter
54 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 5,704 9.9 wks 32.9 wks 69% 2.0 weeks shorter
55 Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,512 10.0 wks 33.4 wks 67% 2.9 weeks shorter
56 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 3,061 10.3 wks 38.8 wks 71% 0.5 weeks longer
57 Guy'S and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 7,531 10.4 wks 26.5 wks 75% 1.0 weeks longer
58 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 4,140 10.4 wks 29.6 wks 72% 0.9 weeks longer
59 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 10,569 10.4 wks 30.5 wks 71% 0.8 weeks shorter
60 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 4,231 10.4 wks 40.2 wks 69% 0.1 weeks longer
61 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 4,084 10.6 wks 38.2 wks 65% 0.4 weeks shorter
62 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 6,050 10.8 wks 33.0 wks 68% 1.4 weeks shorter
63 Locala Community Partnerships Cic Independent 60 sites North East and Yorkshire 1,400 10.9 wks 23.2 wks 77% 1.3 weeks longer
64 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,212 10.9 wks 37.5 wks 65% 1.7 weeks shorter
65 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 4,310 10.9 wks 33.5 wks 72% 2.8 weeks shorter
66 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 9,006 11.0 wks 55.6 wks 61% 3.2 weeks shorter
67 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 3,921 11.0 wks 26.0 wks 72% 1.7 weeks longer
68 King'S College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 3,625 11.1 wks 31.4 wks 72% 2.9 weeks longer
69 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 4,526 11.1 wks 39.7 wks 67% 0.7 weeks shorter
70 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 3,200 11.2 wks 41.8 wks 70% 3.0 weeks longer
71 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 2,808 11.2 wks 38.1 wks 65% 1.6 weeks shorter
72 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 5,613 11.3 wks 37.3 wks 69% 0.4 weeks longer
73 St George'S University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 5,427 11.4 wks 40.0 wks 67% 1.8 weeks shorter
74 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 8,679 11.5 wks 36.3 wks 66% 0.3 weeks shorter
75 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 4,627 11.6 wks 29.4 wks 68% 1.4 weeks longer
76 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 4,300 11.6 wks 43.4 wks 66% 0.2 weeks shorter
77 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 8,188 11.7 wks 45.3 wks 66% 1.4 weeks shorter
78 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 3,634 11.7 wks 34.7 wks 72% 2.2 weeks shorter
79 Ashford and St Peter'S Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 5,734 12.1 wks 34.2 wks 65% 0.5 weeks shorter
80 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 6,029 12.1 wks 40.6 wks 64% 1.9 weeks longer
81 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 3,125 12.3 wks 37.7 wks 64% 0.9 weeks shorter
82 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 3,044 12.4 wks 36.2 wks 62% 5.5 weeks shorter
83 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 5,609 12.5 wks 39.1 wks 63% 0.6 weeks shorter
84 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 3,434 12.5 wks 36.7 wks 63% 4.3 weeks shorter
85 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,871 12.7 wks 27.9 wks 65% 2.6 weeks longer
86 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,095 12.7 wks 38.4 wks 62% 0.3 weeks longer
87 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust NHS London 2,875 12.8 wks 44.6 wks 65% 1.6 weeks shorter
88 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 3,184 12.9 wks 38.2 wks 61% 2.9 weeks shorter
89 Modality Llp Independent 49 sites Midlands 89 13.0 wks 31.9 wks 58% 2.3 weeks shorter
90 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 2,385 13.0 wks 39.5 wks 61% 0.3 weeks shorter
91 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,201 13.3 wks 39.9 wks 61% 0.4 weeks longer
92 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,226 13.4 wks 32.6 wks 61% 2.4 weeks longer
93 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS East of England 1,912 13.4 wks 47.5 wks 58% 3.6 weeks shorter
94 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 3,493 13.8 wks 40.2 wks 60% 1.4 weeks longer
95 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,519 14.2 wks 37.0 wks 60% 3.4 weeks longer
96 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 6,327 14.3 wks 41.1 wks 59% 3.8 weeks shorter
97 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 3,614 14.5 wks 40.1 wks 57% 1.7 weeks shorter
98 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 5,947 14.6 wks 44.2 wks 57% 2.1 weeks longer
99 Barts Health NHS Trust NHS London 7,442 14.6 wks 40.6 wks 58% 1.7 weeks shorter
100 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 3,861 15.0 wks 41.8 wks 56% 1.6 weeks shorter
101 St Michael'S Clinic Limited Independent 3 sites Midlands 1,958 15.2 wks 32.5 wks 60% 1.9 weeks longer
102 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 8,208 15.2 wks 48.2 wks 55% 1.2 weeks shorter
103 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 6,136 15.7 wks 53.1 wks 55% 1.0 weeks shorter
104 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 3,791 15.7 wks 38.4 wks 56% 0.3 weeks longer
105 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 4,853 15.9 wks 51.2 wks 54% 0.8 weeks longer
106 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 8,467 16.5 wks 41.8 wks 54% 0.4 weeks longer
107 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 15,617 18.3 wks 44.5 wks 49% 1.6 weeks longer
108 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 4,003 19.7 wks 48.6 wks 47% 0.2 weeks longer
109 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 10,264 20.1 wks 55.5 wks 48% 3.7 weeks shorter
110 Whittington Health NHS Trust NHS London 1,748 28.3 wks 44.8 wks 39% 7.3 weeks longer
111 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,020 31.8 wks 49.2 wks 13% 13.2 weeks shorter

111 providers. Independent providers treat NHS patients at no cost to the patient; you can usually ask to be referred to one. Providers reporting one figure for several sites are marked with the number of sites.

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