ShortestWait

Other medical specialties waiting times by hospital

Patients waiting for other medical specialties treatment at the end of August 2026, at every NHS trust and independent provider in England with at least 50 patients waiting.

This group collects smaller specialties, including endocrinology, diabetes, haematology, renal, nephrology, kidney, allergy, immunology.

England median wait
10.7 weeks
92% waiting less than
35.3 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
70%
People waiting
622,434

Shortest other medical specialties 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 12.6 weeks to 10.7 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.051015Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202610.7 wks
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MonthEngland
August 202610.7
July 202610.5
June 202610.4
May 202611.0
April 202610.3
March 20269.8
February 202611.6
January 202612
December 202511.8
November 202511.4
October 202511.7
September 202511.8
August 202511.7
July 202511.3
June 202511.9
May 202512
April 202511.5
March 202511.3
February 202512.5
January 202512.6
December 202412.5
November 202412
October 202412.4
September 202412.6

hospitals ranked by median wait

# Hospital or provider Waiting Median wait 92% within Within 18 weeks vs 3 months ago
1 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 176 4.1 wks 10.9 wks 100% 0.9 weeks longer
2 The Christie NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,563 4.1 wks 11.7 wks 98% 0.1 weeks longer
3 Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 827 4.3 wks 8.1 wks 100% 0.1 weeks longer
4 The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 439 4.4 wks 14.3 wks 95% no change
5 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 633 5.3 wks 22.3 wks 89% 1.5 weeks shorter
6 Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 4,166 5.7 wks 19.7 wks 90% 0.1 weeks longer
7 The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust NHS East of England 575 5.7 wks 22.3 wks 89% 3.8 weeks shorter
8 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,593 6.1 wks 19.9 wks 90% 0.1 weeks shorter
9 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 65 6.3 wks 13.0 wks 98% 5.3 weeks longer
10 Kims Hospital (Newnham Court) Independent South East 214 6.4 wks 26.0 wks 79% 0.3 weeks shorter
11 Woodthorpe Hospital Independent Midlands 120 6.5 wks 24.4 wks 87% 0.1 weeks longer
12 Medefer Independent 52 sites London 62 6.5 wks 13.4 wks 97% 8.8 weeks shorter
13 Whittington Health NHS Trust NHS London 1,637 6.6 wks 20.1 wks 89% 0.7 weeks shorter
14 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 583 6.9 wks 16.8 wks 94% 1.1 weeks longer
15 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,562 7.1 wks 21.9 wks 88% 2.1 weeks shorter
16 The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 461 7.2 wks 14.3 wks 98% 2.2 weeks longer
17 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust NHS London 2,058 7.2 wks 17.9 wks 92% 1.5 weeks shorter
18 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 8,301 7.2 wks 28.7 wks 81% 0.1 weeks longer
19 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,158 7.3 wks 20.2 wks 88% 1.2 weeks shorter
20 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 170 7.3 wks 17.7 wks 92% 1.4 weeks longer
21 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,074 7.4 wks 24.4 wks 81% 3.0 weeks shorter
22 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,135 7.5 wks 19.7 wks 89% 0.3 weeks longer
23 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,108 7.5 wks 22.0 wks 83% 0.1 weeks longer
24 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust NHS London 4,019 7.6 wks 20.9 wks 88% 0.2 weeks shorter
25 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,549 7.6 wks 19.4 wks 91% 0.7 weeks longer
26 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust NHS South West 5,365 7.6 wks 20.7 wks 88% 0.8 weeks longer
27 Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 765 7.6 wks 23.8 wks 85% 1.1 weeks longer
28 Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 727 7.7 wks 15.9 wks 98% 0.6 weeks longer
29 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,245 7.7 wks 19.5 wks 90% 2.0 weeks longer
30 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust NHS South East 527 7.7 wks 27.7 wks 80% 3.3 weeks longer
31 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 2,825 7.9 wks 20.2 wks 87% 1.2 weeks longer
32 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 680 8.0 wks 17.6 wks 93% 0.3 weeks shorter
33 Tyneside Surgical Services Ltd Independent 7 sites North East and Yorkshire 208 8.0 wks 18.7 wks 91% 0.2 weeks longer
34 Euxton Hall Hospital Independent North West 70 8.0 wks 35.7 wks 67% 4.0 weeks shorter
35 Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 2,313 8.1 wks 18.3 wks 91% 1.0 weeks shorter
36 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 1,166 8.1 wks 19.9 wks 88% 0.5 weeks longer
37 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 734 8.1 wks 25.9 wks 83% 1.5 weeks longer
38 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 8,352 8.1 wks 27.6 wks 80% 0.2 weeks shorter
39 Pastel Health Independent 4 sites London 209 8.2 wks 31.1 wks 70% 2.3 weeks longer
40 King'S College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 7,592 8.4 wks 27.3 wks 83% 0.3 weeks longer
41 Vernova Healthcare Community Interest Company Independent 9 sites North West 193 8.4 wks 27.3 wks 81% 1.6 weeks shorter
42 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 1,230 8.5 wks 19.3 wks 90% 1.6 weeks shorter
43 Guy'S and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 14,939 8.5 wks 26.7 wks 81% 0.4 weeks longer
44 Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust NHS London 885 8.5 wks 26.1 wks 78% 0.9 weeks shorter
45 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust NHS South East 5,398 8.6 wks 24.3 wks 82% no change
46 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 3,885 8.7 wks 30.9 wks 75% 0.3 weeks shorter
47 Isle of Wight NHS Trust NHS South East 1,026 8.7 wks 21.2 wks 83% 1.8 weeks longer
48 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 9,464 8.7 wks 28.0 wks 79% 0.4 weeks shorter
49 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,075 8.7 wks 27.7 wks 77% 2.7 weeks shorter
50 Spencer Private Hospitals Ltd Independent 4 sites South East 400 8.9 wks 32.5 wks 74% 6.4 weeks shorter
51 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 13,389 8.9 wks 27.8 wks 78% 0.7 weeks shorter
52 Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,258 9.1 wks 20.2 wks 90% 0.6 weeks shorter
53 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,943 9.2 wks 28.2 wks 78% 0.4 weeks shorter
54 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS East of England 1,826 9.2 wks 23.9 wks 82% 0.7 weeks shorter
55 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 9,142 9.2 wks 28.0 wks 76% 0.4 weeks shorter
56 Wye Valley NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,104 9.3 wks 30.6 wks 76% 0.6 weeks shorter
57 Oviva UK Ltd Independent London 11,729 9.3 wks 49.1 wks 67% no change
58 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,201 9.5 wks 25.4 wks 81% 2.7 weeks longer
59 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 14,562 9.5 wks 34.0 wks 72% 0.3 weeks longer
60 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 5,254 9.6 wks 32.0 wks 77% 0.7 weeks shorter
61 The Yorkshire Clinic Independent North East and Yorkshire 1,074 9.7 wks 32.5 wks 74% 0.6 weeks shorter
62 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 3,747 9.7 wks 35.5 wks 72% 1.2 weeks longer
63 Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 56 9.9 wks 22.8 wks 84% 0.4 weeks shorter
64 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 12,188 10.0 wks 34.9 wks 74% 0.7 weeks shorter
65 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 4,102 10.0 wks 35.3 wks 73% 0.2 weeks longer
66 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 11,786 10.0 wks 29.5 wks 72% 0.8 weeks shorter
67 Oaks Hospital Independent East of England 72 10.0 wks 21.2 wks 88% 6.0 weeks shorter
68 The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 730 10.0 wks 28.9 wks 78% 1.5 weeks longer
69 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 3,609 10.1 wks 29.9 wks 73% 0.6 weeks longer
70 Ashford and St Peter'S Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 2,208 10.1 wks 29.6 wks 74% 1.6 weeks shorter
71 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 3,412 10.1 wks 29.3 wks 74% 1.4 weeks shorter
72 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 3,050 10.1 wks 29.4 wks 72% 1.5 weeks shorter
73 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 3,435 10.2 wks 29.0 wks 77% 0.5 weeks shorter
74 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 4,017 10.2 wks 30.4 wks 73% 1.5 weeks shorter
75 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 4,239 10.2 wks 30.1 wks 76% 0.5 weeks longer
76 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 4,931 10.4 wks 38.4 wks 69% 0.4 weeks longer
77 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 6,375 10.5 wks 32.1 wks 71% 2.1 weeks shorter
78 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 8,605 10.5 wks 29.9 wks 73% no change
79 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust NHS South East 3,005 10.5 wks 29.1 wks 72% 0.4 weeks longer
80 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust NHS Midlands 6,245 10.6 wks 29.6 wks 73% 0.7 weeks shorter
81 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 6,908 10.6 wks 36.4 wks 69% 0.9 weeks shorter
82 Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 3,236 10.6 wks 37.2 wks 70% 0.3 weeks shorter
83 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,394 10.7 wks 33.0 wks 68% 0.8 weeks shorter
84 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,047 10.7 wks 34.3 wks 70% 1.4 weeks shorter
85 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 23,451 10.8 wks 31.3 wks 71% 0.2 weeks shorter
86 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 5,909 10.8 wks 37.2 wks 66% 0.5 weeks shorter
87 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust NHS Midlands 7,323 10.8 wks 32.2 wks 70% 0.3 weeks longer
88 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 15,098 11.0 wks 33.0 wks 71% 0.3 weeks shorter
89 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,773 11.0 wks 40.6 wks 63% 2.0 weeks shorter
90 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,510 11.0 wks 29.9 wks 70% 0.8 weeks longer
91 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 8,214 11.0 wks 34.7 wks 71% 0.5 weeks longer
92 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust NHS Midlands 5,455 11.0 wks 41.4 wks 69% 1.0 weeks shorter
93 Barts Health NHS Trust NHS London 20,048 11.2 wks 36.1 wks 69% 0.8 weeks shorter
94 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 7,279 11.3 wks 45.6 wks 69% 0.6 weeks longer
95 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 17,240 11.3 wks 36.9 wks 68% 0.7 weeks longer
96 St George'S University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 11,029 11.4 wks 34.3 wks 69% 0.1 weeks longer
97 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 9,820 11.5 wks 36.0 wks 66% 0.1 weeks longer
98 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 7,026 11.6 wks 36.7 wks 66% 0.1 weeks shorter
99 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 4,015 11.7 wks 36.2 wks 67% 0.2 weeks shorter
100 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,550 11.9 wks 40.6 wks 67% 0.8 weeks shorter
101 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 5,043 12.0 wks 39.2 wks 66% 0.1 weeks longer
102 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,545 12.0 wks 35.2 wks 68% 0.2 weeks shorter
103 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 3,897 12.1 wks 38.3 wks 65% 1.9 weeks shorter
104 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 3,892 12.2 wks 37.4 wks 65% 0.1 weeks shorter
105 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 4,504 12.2 wks 38.0 wks 67% 0.4 weeks shorter
106 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 6,275 12.3 wks 33.0 wks 67% 1.2 weeks shorter
107 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 9,311 12.4 wks 37.9 wks 66% no change
108 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,097 12.4 wks 38.4 wks 64% 1.2 weeks shorter
109 Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 3,797 12.4 wks 47.5 wks 63% 0.5 weeks shorter
110 Birmingham Women'S and Children'S NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 6,652 12.5 wks 36.7 wks 66% 0.4 weeks longer
111 East Cheshire NHS Trust NHS North West 759 12.6 wks 31.9 wks 65% no change
112 The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,210 12.7 wks 28.6 wks 64% 0.8 weeks shorter
113 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 3,325 12.8 wks 42.0 wks 62% 0.8 weeks shorter
114 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 10,568 12.8 wks 41.3 wks 62% 0.5 weeks shorter
115 Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Independent 14 sites South East 258 12.9 wks 27.1 wks 74% 1.9 weeks longer
116 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 7,449 12.9 wks 41.6 wks 62% 0.3 weeks shorter
117 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust NHS Midlands 16,037 12.9 wks 40.9 wks 62% 0.6 weeks shorter
118 Stourside Hospital Independent Midlands 284 13.2 wks 42.3 wks 65% 1.9 weeks longer
119 The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,987 13.2 wks 36.6 wks 60% 0.1 weeks shorter
120 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,574 13.3 wks 43.2 wks 65% 1.9 weeks longer
121 Fitzwilliam Hospital Independent East of England 560 13.5 wks 41.4 wks 62% 2.8 weeks shorter
122 Pinehill Hospital Independent East of England 157 13.8 wks 45.4 wks 57% 0.2 weeks shorter
123 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 4,138 13.8 wks 34.6 wks 63% 2.0 weeks shorter
124 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 4,788 14.1 wks 43.9 wks 61% 2.5 weeks longer
125 Blakelands Hospital Independent East of England 293 14.1 wks 36.9 wks 62% 1.8 weeks longer
126 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 7,653 14.1 wks 37.1 wks 60% 0.5 weeks longer
127 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 13,253 14.3 wks 43.8 wks 59% 1.2 weeks longer
128 Medway NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 5,652 14.6 wks 37.0 wks 61% 1.0 weeks longer
129 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 7,496 14.6 wks 40.1 wks 58% 1.4 weeks longer
130 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 6,211 14.6 wks 40.3 wks 62% 0.5 weeks shorter
131 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 7,526 14.7 wks 43.9 wks 58% 0.9 weeks shorter
132 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,378 15.0 wks 34.9 wks 58% 3.3 weeks longer
133 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,364 15.1 wks 33.5 wks 58% 0.5 weeks shorter
134 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 15,429 15.6 wks 43.8 wks 55% 0.4 weeks longer
135 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 6,883 15.6 wks 48.1 wks 55% 1.3 weeks longer
136 Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 571 15.9 wks 49.3 wks 55% 1.0 weeks shorter
137 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 4,523 16.0 wks 44.3 wks 55% no change
138 Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,956 16.0 wks 39.6 wks 57% 2.0 weeks longer
139 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,091 16.1 wks 40.0 wks 55% 0.2 weeks shorter
140 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,409 16.6 wks 43.1 wks 54% 1.1 weeks longer
141 Beacon Park Hospital Independent Midlands 117 16.8 wks 39.3 wks 53% 7.2 weeks shorter
142 Rowley Hall Hospital Independent Midlands 208 17.3 wks 40.5 wks 51% 1.3 weeks longer
143 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 4,505 18.6 wks 49.1 wks 49% 2.2 weeks longer
144 North Downs Hospital Independent South East 109 19.4 wks 41.1 wks 47% 2.3 weeks longer
145 Renacres Hospital Independent North West 1,245 24.4 wks 48.1 wks 36% 0.8 weeks longer

145 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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