NHS waiting times
NHS waiting times: August 2026
The national picture from NHS England's referral-to-treatment (RTT) data for August 2026, across the specialties we cover. The median is the typical completed wait; the 92nd-percentile figure is the long end that roughly one in ten people waits beyond.
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Typical wait about 27 weeks (median). The longest tenth wait beyond about 59 weeks. Across 116 trusts.
ENT (ear, nose and throat)
Typical wait about 25 weeks (median). The longest tenth wait beyond about 60 weeks. Across 107 trusts.
General surgery
Typical wait about 17 weeks (median). The longest tenth wait beyond about 55 weeks. Across 113 trusts.
Gynaecology
Typical wait about 16 weeks (median). The longest tenth wait beyond about 60 weeks. Across 115 trusts.
Ophthalmology (eyes)
Typical wait about 14 weeks (median). The longest tenth wait beyond about 46 weeks. Across 103 trusts.
Urology
Typical wait about 10 weeks (median). The longest tenth wait beyond about 50 weeks. Across 113 trusts.
Gastroenterology (digestive system)
Typical wait about 11 weeks (median). The longest tenth wait beyond about 45 weeks. Across 116 trusts.
Cardiology (heart)
Typical wait about 14 weeks (median). The longest tenth wait beyond about 44 weeks. Across 118 trusts.
Rheumatology
Typical wait about 12 weeks (median). The longest tenth wait beyond about 43 weeks. Across 114 trusts.
Trusts not publishing this month
These acute trusts provide the services we cover but did not appear in NHS England's RTT data for August 2026, because they moved to a new patient record system. They are still treating patients; only the published figures are paused.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust hasn't published waiting times since moving to a new patient record system in July 2025. The hospital is still treating patients; its last figures are too old to show, so we point you to nearby hospitals you could choose.
Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation Trust hasn't published waiting times since moving to a new patient record system in April 2026. The hospital is still treating patients; its last figures are too old to show, so we point you to nearby hospitals you could choose.
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust hasn't published waiting times since moving to a new patient record system in July 2026. The hospital is still treating patients; we show the last figures it published and nearby hospitals you could choose.
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust hasn't published waiting times since moving to a new patient record system in August 2026. The hospital is still treating patients; we show the last figures it published and nearby hospitals you could choose.
Source: NHS England referral-to-treatment (RTT) waiting times, August 2026. Figures are completed-pathway waits unless stated.
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