ShortestWait

Other services waiting times by hospital

Patients waiting for other services 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 audiology, physiotherapy, dietetics, occupational therapy, podiatry, orthoptics, radiology, clinical oncology.

England median wait
8.7 weeks
92% waiting less than
32.6 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
76%
People waiting
159,349

Shortest other services 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 10.2 weeks to 8.7 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.024681012Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 20268.7 wks
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MonthEngland
August 20268.7
July 20268.8
June 20268.3
May 20268.9
April 20268.4
March 20267.9
February 20268.5
January 20269.7
December 20259.3
November 20258.8
October 20258.5
September 20259
August 20259.2
July 20258.6
June 20258.6
May 20259.2
April 20259.0
March 20258.6
February 20259.7
January 202510.1
December 202410.2
November 20249.9
October 202410.1
September 202410.2

hospitals ranked by median wait

# Hospital or provider Waiting Median wait 92% within Within 18 weeks vs 3 months ago
1 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 62 2.0 wks 11.5 wks 97% 7.0 weeks shorter
2 Rapid Investigation Service Independent South East 209 2.1 wks 4.2 wks 100% 0.5 weeks longer
3 Cavell Hospital Independent London 123 2.1 wks 15.6 wks 94% 2.3 weeks shorter
4 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 67 2.8 wks 21.3 wks 90% 2.4 weeks shorter
5 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 400 3.5 wks 14.5 wks 98% 0.2 weeks longer
6 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 4,027 3.9 wks 16.6 wks 94% 0.3 weeks longer
7 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust NHS South West 986 4.2 wks 22.4 wks 90% 0.1 weeks shorter
8 Birmingham Women'S and Children'S NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 400 4.2 wks 27.0 wks 84% 1.5 weeks shorter
9 Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 5,284 4.5 wks 12.6 wks 99% 0.6 weeks longer
10 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 502 4.8 wks 16.3 wks 94% 0.8 weeks longer
11 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 371 4.9 wks 30.8 wks 78% 2.5 weeks longer
12 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 64 5.0 wks 18.9 wks 91% 0.2 weeks shorter
13 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,344 5.2 wks 11.8 wks 98% 0.6 weeks longer
14 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 478 5.3 wks 22.2 wks 91% 1.9 weeks shorter
15 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 228 5.4 wks 12.1 wks 98% 0.6 weeks shorter
16 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 673 5.4 wks 24.3 wks 88% 0.1 weeks longer
17 The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 364 5.5 wks 27.4 wks 83% 0.5 weeks longer
18 The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 342 5.6 wks 15.9 wks 94% 1.0 weeks longer
19 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 306 5.6 wks 15.1 wks 99% 0.7 weeks shorter
20 South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 4,705 5.6 wks 14.9 wks 98% no change
21 Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 155 5.7 wks 13.4 wks 99% 1.0 weeks longer
22 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 485 5.8 wks 25.6 wks 87% 0.7 weeks longer
23 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,540 5.8 wks 19.8 wks 90% 0.3 weeks shorter
24 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS East of England 144 6.0 wks 16.9 wks 98% 0.6 weeks longer
25 Isle of Wight NHS Trust NHS South East 54 6.0 wks 18.7 wks 91% 1.0 weeks longer
26 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 723 6.0 wks 15.4 wks 96% 1.0 weeks shorter
27 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust NHS Midlands 257 6.1 wks 18.2 wks 92% 1.5 weeks longer
28 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 443 6.2 wks 16.8 wks 93% 2.7 weeks longer
29 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust NHS Midlands 310 6.2 wks 36.1 wks 81% 0.6 weeks longer
30 Sloane Hospital Independent London 163 6.3 wks 17.7 wks 93% 0.1 weeks shorter
31 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 1,643 6.3 wks 22.1 wks 89% 0.4 weeks shorter
32 Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust NHS London 446 6.3 wks 23.3 wks 88% 1.6 weeks longer
33 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 856 6.4 wks 28.8 wks 83% 0.2 weeks longer
34 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,069 6.5 wks 21.5 wks 90% 0.6 weeks shorter
35 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 446 6.6 wks 30.5 wks 83% 0.2 weeks shorter
36 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,930 6.6 wks 19.0 wks 90% 0.6 weeks longer
37 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 348 6.8 wks 18.4 wks 91% 0.2 weeks shorter
38 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 710 6.8 wks 16.8 wks 94% 0.8 weeks longer
39 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust NHS Midlands 88 6.9 wks 13.6 wks 94% no change
40 Chelsfield Park Hospital Independent London 194 6.9 wks 19.6 wks 90% 0.5 weeks longer
41 Woodlands Hospital Independent North East and Yorkshire 141 7.0 wks 29.4 wks 81% 3.3 weeks shorter
42 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 690 7.0 wks 28.3 wks 82% 0.5 weeks longer
43 Medway NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 60 7.1 wks 10.1 wks 100% 2.6 weeks longer
44 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 286 7.1 wks 41.9 wks 73% 1.9 weeks shorter
45 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,814 7.1 wks 23.6 wks 86% 0.7 weeks shorter
46 Cora Health MSK (Formerly Connect Health Ltd) Independent 33 sites North East and Yorkshire 23,253 7.1 wks 25.3 wks 85% 1.3 weeks longer
47 The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 428 7.3 wks 15.4 wks 96% 1.3 weeks longer
48 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 350 7.4 wks 15.9 wks 100% 0.1 weeks longer
49 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 777 7.4 wks 28.7 wks 78% 0.2 weeks shorter
50 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 999 7.5 wks 15.8 wks 97% 0.5 weeks shorter
51 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,793 7.5 wks 38.0 wks 79% 0.4 weeks shorter
52 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,003 7.7 wks 33.6 wks 77% 0.8 weeks shorter
53 The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 847 7.7 wks 19.9 wks 90% 1.5 weeks shorter
54 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,621 7.8 wks 28.1 wks 79% 0.8 weeks longer
55 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 627 8.0 wks 26.1 wks 79% 6.3 weeks shorter
56 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 156 8.0 wks 23.5 wks 85% 1.2 weeks longer
57 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 855 8.0 wks 35.2 wks 81% 0.5 weeks longer
58 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 868 8.1 wks 32.7 wks 73% 0.7 weeks longer
59 Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 864 8.1 wks 19.8 wks 91% 1.3 weeks longer
60 The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust NHS East of England 1,472 8.1 wks 22.2 wks 89% 1.1 weeks longer
61 Blackheath Hospital Independent London 100 8.3 wks 32.0 wks 73% 2.6 weeks shorter
62 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,131 8.4 wks 24.1 wks 86% 0.3 weeks longer
63 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 1,110 8.4 wks 29.1 wks 82% 2.0 weeks shorter
64 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 4,220 8.6 wks 27.5 wks 80% 1.2 weeks shorter
65 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 848 8.6 wks 19.3 wks 90% 0.5 weeks longer
66 Ashford and St Peter'S Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,284 8.9 wks 29.7 wks 76% 1.0 weeks longer
67 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 262 9.1 wks 17.4 wks 93% 2.3 weeks shorter
68 Barts Health NHS Trust NHS London 1,036 9.1 wks 36.1 wks 74% 1.7 weeks shorter
69 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 272 9.2 wks 30.1 wks 80% 1.6 weeks longer
70 Nuffield Health, Chichester Hospital Independent South East 74 9.3 wks 22.5 wks 82% –
71 East Cheshire NHS Trust NHS North West 52 9.5 wks 31.8 wks 75% 4.0 weeks shorter
72 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 395 9.6 wks 19.6 wks 91% 0.7 weeks longer
73 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 5,889 9.7 wks 26.7 wks 81% 1.6 weeks shorter
74 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 3,282 10.1 wks 43.8 wks 68% 2.1 weeks shorter
75 Liverpool Women'S NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,281 10.1 wks 25.3 wks 75% 0.4 weeks longer
76 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 387 10.2 wks 17.4 wks 95% 2.5 weeks longer
77 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,841 10.4 wks 40.3 wks 66% 0.3 weeks shorter
78 Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 132 10.5 wks 43.8 wks 64% 9.5 weeks shorter
79 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 747 10.8 wks 37.2 wks 66% 0.9 weeks longer
80 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 154 10.8 wks 40.7 wks 65% 3.0 weeks shorter
81 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,445 10.9 wks 33.8 wks 72% 0.1 weeks longer
82 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 186 11.6 wks 22.0 wks 80% 5.3 weeks longer
83 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 3,215 11.7 wks 48.3 wks 63% 0.2 weeks longer
84 King'S College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 725 11.8 wks 46.8 wks 72% 2.1 weeks longer
85 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 70 12.0 wks 35.4 wks 79% 3.3 weeks longer
86 Shirley Oaks Hospital Independent London 135 12.1 wks 29.1 wks 76% 1.5 weeks longer
87 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust NHS Midlands 3,366 12.1 wks 30.3 wks 66% 0.9 weeks shorter
88 London Independent Hospital Independent London 180 12.2 wks 31.3 wks 72% 0.3 weeks shorter
89 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust NHS South East 136 12.3 wks 45.6 wks 65% 4.4 weeks longer
90 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS East of England 16,979 12.6 wks 37.6 wks 64% 0.7 weeks longer
91 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 671 12.6 wks 37.9 wks 67% 1.5 weeks longer
92 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,004 12.7 wks 31.8 wks 67% 0.7 weeks longer
93 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 125 12.8 wks 45.3 wks 59% 2.8 weeks shorter
94 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust NHS Midlands 60 13.0 wks 38.2 wks 65% 5.2 weeks shorter
95 St George'S University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 2,035 13.2 wks 32.8 wks 63% 0.1 weeks shorter
96 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 478 13.3 wks 26.9 wks 72% 0.2 weeks shorter
97 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 5,180 13.3 wks 46.7 wks 59% 2.6 weeks shorter
98 Guy'S and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 793 13.5 wks 32.4 wks 63% 1.2 weeks longer
99 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 1,054 13.6 wks 43.2 wks 61% 2.1 weeks longer
100 Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 5,584 13.9 wks 29.1 wks 64% 0.9 weeks longer
101 Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 71 14.5 wks 36.7 wks 59% 1.0 weeks longer
102 North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 2,104 14.9 wks 40.7 wks 58% 0.3 weeks longer
103 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 201 14.9 wks 51.6 wks 60% 1.3 weeks shorter
104 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 171 16.1 wks 38.3 wks 53% 1.9 weeks shorter
105 Beaumont Hospital Independent North West 149 16.5 wks 31.1 wks 52% 2.2 weeks longer
106 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,268 17.1 wks 34.1 wks 52% 2.0 weeks longer
107 Nuffield Health, Plymouth Hospital Independent South West 72 17.5 wks 39.2 wks 53% 4.4 weeks longer
108 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust NHS South East 3,732 18.1 wks 49.1 wks 50% 0.6 weeks shorter
109 Nuffield Health, Bristol Hospital (Chesterfield) Independent South West 110 19.4 wks 37.4 wks 45% 2.6 weeks longer
110 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 683 19.5 wks 43.8 wks 47% 2.1 weeks shorter
111 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 576 19.5 wks 41.9 wks 47% 0.7 weeks longer
112 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 797 21.3 wks 45.8 wks 44% 3.4 weeks longer
113 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,218 22.1 wks 45.5 wks 42% 1.7 weeks longer
114 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 112 22.3 wks 41.0 wks 43% 7.6 weeks longer
115 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 399 22.6 wks 44.4 wks 34% 10.8 weeks longer
116 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 403 23.4 wks 48.2 wks 39% 2.6 weeks longer
117 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 55 32.8 wks 55.6 wks 31% 3.6 weeks longer
118 Pinehill Hospital Independent East of England 120 33.7 wks 57.8 wks 20% 7.5 weeks longer
119 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 542 39.8 wks 55.2 wks 36% 2.5 weeks longer

119 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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