ShortestWait

Oral surgery waiting times by hospital

Patients waiting for oral surgery 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 wisdom teeth, dental, maxillofacial, jaw, teeth, tooth extraction, orthodontics.

England median wait
16.4 weeks
92% waiting less than
43.1 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
54%
People waiting
316,357

Shortest oral surgery 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 18.1 weeks to 16.4 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202616.4 wks
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MonthEngland
August 202616.4
July 202615.9
June 202616
May 202616
April 202615.2
March 202615.9
February 202616.5
January 202617
December 202517.1
November 202517.3
October 202517.6
September 202517.6
August 202517.8
July 202517.5
June 202517.3
May 202517.3
April 202517.5
March 202517.7
February 202517.7
January 202517.8
December 202417.8
November 202417.5
October 202417.8
September 202418.1

hospitals ranked by median wait

# Hospital or provider Waiting Median wait 92% within Within 18 weeks vs 3 months ago
1 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 81 3.3 wks 7.0 wks 100% 2.1 weeks shorter
2 Tees Valley Hospital Independent North East and Yorkshire 354 4.3 wks 23.9 wks 88% 0.8 weeks shorter
3 The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 102 7.5 wks 26.8 wks 82% 1.7 weeks longer
4 Guy'S and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 5,814 8.0 wks 23.7 wks 83% 0.5 weeks shorter
5 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 471 8.0 wks 37.1 wks 78% 0.4 weeks longer
6 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 2,335 8.8 wks 28.2 wks 80% 1.1 weeks longer
7 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 500 9.3 wks 21.8 wks 86% 1.6 weeks longer
8 Somerset Surgical Services Hq Independent 7 sites South West 943 9.4 wks 23.1 wks 77% 0.7 weeks shorter
9 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 671 9.5 wks 23.6 wks 81% 0.8 weeks longer
10 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust NHS South West 2,453 9.8 wks 30.3 wks 76% 0.5 weeks shorter
11 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 945 9.8 wks 25.1 wks 79% 0.6 weeks longer
12 Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 772 9.8 wks 31.0 wks 72% 1.5 weeks shorter
13 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 1,170 9.9 wks 33.4 wks 73% 0.5 weeks shorter
14 Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes Independent South West 1,063 10.1 wks 22.4 wks 82% 1.8 weeks shorter
15 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 1,977 10.1 wks 32.8 wks 70% 1.5 weeks shorter
16 Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 6,357 10.4 wks 27.0 wks 79% 1.3 weeks shorter
17 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,143 10.7 wks 30.5 wks 73% 0.4 weeks shorter
18 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,364 10.9 wks 32.7 wks 72% no change
19 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 3,537 11.1 wks 41.5 wks 63% 3.5 weeks shorter
20 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 3,455 11.2 wks 32.7 wks 70% 1.0 weeks longer
21 Whittington Health NHS Trust NHS London 131 11.3 wks 33.3 wks 70% 2.5 weeks shorter
22 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,021 11.6 wks 40.9 wks 63% 0.4 weeks longer
23 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 7,435 11.7 wks 32.6 wks 70% 0.3 weeks longer
24 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 5,032 11.7 wks 30.4 wks 69% 1.0 weeks shorter
25 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 855 12.2 wks 25.5 wks 76% 1.3 weeks longer
26 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,655 12.3 wks 42.9 wks 64% 0.6 weeks longer
27 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 2,057 12.4 wks 32.5 wks 66% 1.0 weeks longer
28 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,168 12.4 wks 29.5 wks 68% 0.4 weeks longer
29 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,930 12.6 wks 36.4 wks 66% 0.2 weeks shorter
30 Barts Health NHS Trust NHS London 3,568 12.8 wks 41.1 wks 63% 1.9 weeks shorter
31 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,492 12.9 wks 38.2 wks 63% 1.2 weeks shorter
32 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust NHS Midlands 3,223 13.2 wks 40.2 wks 61% 0.9 weeks shorter
33 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,465 13.2 wks 34.1 wks 65% 0.7 weeks longer
34 Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,008 13.2 wks 44.5 wks 62% 1.9 weeks shorter
35 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,103 13.5 wks 39.3 wks 59% 1.7 weeks shorter
36 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 897 13.6 wks 37.3 wks 62% 0.7 weeks longer
37 Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust NHS Midlands 310 13.7 wks 32.5 wks 63% 3.8 weeks shorter
38 St George'S University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 1,500 13.8 wks 47.2 wks 60% 0.9 weeks longer
39 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 780 13.8 wks 32.9 wks 60% 0.4 weeks longer
40 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,607 13.9 wks 38.3 wks 61% 1.8 weeks shorter
41 The Westbourne Centre Independent Midlands 2,587 14.0 wks 32.1 wks 62% 3.1 weeks shorter
42 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,393 14.2 wks 38.8 wks 61% 1.3 weeks longer
43 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,584 14.2 wks 33.2 wks 65% 0.7 weeks shorter
44 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,439 14.7 wks 33.2 wks 60% 0.7 weeks longer
45 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 417 14.7 wks 39.1 wks 64% 3.2 weeks longer
46 King'S College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 8,865 14.7 wks 40.7 wks 58% 0.5 weeks shorter
47 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 3,568 14.8 wks 31.9 wks 59% 2.0 weeks longer
48 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,091 14.9 wks 34.2 wks 60% 1.5 weeks longer
49 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green Independent South West 2,909 15.1 wks 26.8 wks 62% 1.4 weeks longer
50 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,256 15.5 wks 42.8 wks 56% 2.6 weeks shorter
51 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 5,055 15.6 wks 37.6 wks 57% 1.1 weeks longer
52 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 3,035 15.6 wks 40.0 wks 56% 0.3 weeks shorter
53 Isle of Wight NHS Trust NHS South East 552 15.7 wks 42.5 wks 55% 4.1 weeks shorter
54 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 2,511 15.8 wks 43.6 wks 55% 0.7 weeks longer
55 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,288 16.0 wks 43.8 wks 55% 0.2 weeks shorter
56 Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 7,575 16.1 wks 40.6 wks 55% 0.6 weeks longer
57 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,708 16.6 wks 42.5 wks 53% 1.4 weeks longer
58 Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,562 16.7 wks 36.8 wks 54% 3.1 weeks longer
59 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 962 16.9 wks 44.7 wks 52% 0.4 weeks shorter
60 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 4,705 17.1 wks 41.0 wks 52% 0.1 weeks shorter
61 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 15,505 17.2 wks 42.3 wks 52% 1.0 weeks longer
62 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,035 17.3 wks 41.3 wks 52% 0.3 weeks shorter
63 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS East of England 2,842 17.4 wks 45.0 wks 52% 1.7 weeks longer
64 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 2,363 17.5 wks 44.0 wks 52% 1.0 weeks longer
65 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,998 17.6 wks 38.2 wks 51% 2.4 weeks longer
66 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 1,831 17.6 wks 39.3 wks 51% 0.9 weeks longer
67 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 4,070 17.7 wks 45.2 wks 51% 0.4 weeks shorter
68 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 2,185 17.7 wks 31.8 wks 51% 1.7 weeks longer
69 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 1,815 17.7 wks 42.5 wks 50% 1.4 weeks longer
70 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,887 17.7 wks 44.7 wks 51% 0.1 weeks shorter
71 The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust NHS East of England 1,615 17.9 wks 44.9 wks 51% no change
72 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,819 17.9 wks 44.0 wks 50% 0.3 weeks shorter
73 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,410 18.1 wks 44.0 wks 50% 0.8 weeks shorter
74 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust NHS Midlands 4,215 18.2 wks 48.4 wks 50% 1.4 weeks longer
75 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton Independent South East 5,219 18.2 wks 37.2 wks 49% 1.1 weeks longer
76 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,268 18.3 wks 43.9 wks 49% 1.2 weeks longer
77 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,962 18.7 wks 49.3 wks 48% 0.5 weeks longer
78 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,557 18.7 wks 41.7 wks 48% 6.0 weeks shorter
79 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,432 18.8 wks 41.1 wks 48% 2.0 weeks longer
80 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 4,098 18.9 wks 45.2 wks 48% 0.1 weeks shorter
81 Ashford and St Peter'S Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 4,671 19.0 wks 49.5 wks 45% 3.1 weeks longer
82 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 3,960 19.1 wks 43.7 wks 47% 2.2 weeks longer
83 Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 4,051 19.1 wks 44.5 wks 48% 0.4 weeks longer
84 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,073 19.1 wks 44.0 wks 47% 0.9 weeks shorter
85 Wye Valley NHS Trust NHS Midlands 867 19.2 wks 41.2 wks 46% 3.3 weeks longer
86 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,349 19.3 wks 44.4 wks 47% no change
87 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,043 19.6 wks 40.0 wks 47% 5.4 weeks longer
88 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 8,202 19.7 wks 39.4 wks 46% 1.3 weeks longer
89 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,884 19.8 wks 49.1 wks 46% 0.7 weeks longer
90 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 3,128 20.2 wks 46.6 wks 45% 2.0 weeks longer
91 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS East of England 1,162 20.4 wks 49.5 wks 46% 3.6 weeks shorter
92 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust NHS Midlands 6,796 20.4 wks 48.6 wks 45% 0.4 weeks longer
93 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,330 20.5 wks 41.8 wks 44% 5.5 weeks longer
94 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,412 20.6 wks 46.7 wks 44% 0.3 weeks longer
95 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust NHS London 2,950 20.7 wks 47.5 wks 43% 3.5 weeks shorter
96 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 3,635 20.9 wks 46.1 wks 44% 1.4 weeks shorter
97 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,098 21.0 wks 42.2 wks 44% 2.0 weeks longer
98 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 2,100 21.3 wks 46.4 wks 43% 1.8 weeks shorter
99 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 3,029 22.0 wks 45.7 wks 42% 2.2 weeks longer
100 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 7,264 22.4 wks 47.2 wks 42% 2.3 weeks longer
101 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 8,706 22.6 wks 52.9 wks 43% 0.9 weeks longer
102 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 2,778 22.6 wks 48.6 wks 40% 3.1 weeks shorter
103 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,102 22.6 wks 47.0 wks 42% 1.8 weeks longer
104 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust NHS South East 4,285 22.9 wks 55.6 wks 42% 2.6 weeks longer
105 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust NHS Midlands 4,281 23.3 wks 49.1 wks 39% 0.6 weeks shorter
106 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,310 23.4 wks 46.9 wks 39% 2.8 weeks longer
107 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 3,449 23.9 wks 53.7 wks 37% 6.1 weeks longer
108 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 3,868 24.8 wks 48.9 wks 36% 0.7 weeks shorter
109 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,222 25.4 wks 48.4 wks 33% 6.1 weeks longer
110 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 4,421 25.8 wks 50.3 wks 36% 0.8 weeks longer
111 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 905 25.8 wks 40.9 wks 26% 7.6 weeks longer
112 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 7,023 28.3 wks 60.0 wks 33% 0.2 weeks longer

112 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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