Shorter Wait

Waiting times/Other: Medical Services

Other: Medical Services waiting times
by hospital

Every provider in England reporting other: medical services waits in June 2026, shortest first. You have a legal right to choose any of them.

11

week England average

21

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

616k

people waiting across 146 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 21 weeks sooner elsewhere, if they know to ask. The median also hides the tail: 4,966 of the 616,290 people on this list nationally have been waiting more than a year.

#ProviderMedianWithin 18wkWaitingYear
1Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Southampton3 wks100%199
2The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Manchester4 wks99%2,467
3Pastel Health London4 wks75%193
4Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Ashford4 wks100%769
5Nuffield Health, Chichester Hospital Chichester4 wks92%86
6The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London4 wks96%478
7Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Dartford5 wks82%702
8South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland5 wks88%1,651
9George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton5 wks90%707
10The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust Wirral6 wks99%378
11Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham6 wks90%3,719
12James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth6 wks87%697
13Tyneside Surgical Services Ltd Gateshead6 wks89%165
14Kims Hospital (Newnham Court) Maidstone6 wks84%260
15County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington6 wks96%165
16Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe6 wks91%1,198
17Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley6 wks96%547
18Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Gateshead6 wks94%1,263
19Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool7 wks87%779
20Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Truro7 wks89%5,339
21South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick7 wks89%1,464
22Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate7 wks88%1,131
23Whittington Health NHS Trust London7 wks81%2,033
24Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London7 wks91%2,887
25Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Bodmin7 wks97%636
26Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham7 wks84%8,949
27Isle of Wight NHS Trust Newport7 wks87%927
28Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust Stanmore7 wks77%722
29Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust London7 wks89%2,059
30The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow7 wks82%434
31Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Thornton Heath7 wks86%3,893
32Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield7 wks83%1,491
33Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust London7 wks90%2,236
34King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London8 wks84%7,891
35The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham8 wks90%699
36Woodthorpe Hospital Nottingham8 wks84%95
37Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge8 wks82%7,904
38Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London8 wks82%15,707
39Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading8 wks87%1,067
40Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton8 wks78%3,755
41Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Keighley8 wks89%995
42Oviva Uk Ltd London8 wks68%9,372
43Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London8 wks89%1,169
44Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke8 wks73%3,745
45North Bristol NHS Trust Bristol8 wks77%3,805
46The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Oswestry8 wks87%547
47The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne9 wks79%9,617
48West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford9 wks85%1,812
49Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds9 wks73%14,135
50Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone9 wks84%5,821
51Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames9 wks80%1,232
52Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Ashton-Under-Lyne9 wks86%1,297
53Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London9 wks79%13,068
54The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn9 wks75%1,132
55University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol9 wks77%5,028
56East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester9 wks75%3,988
57Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath10 wks78%3,779
58Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster10 wks71%4,763
59Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chertsey10 wks71%2,097
60Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford10 wks72%1,918
61Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury10 wks78%3,405
62University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Poole10 wks79%3,336
63Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth10 wks76%3,118
64Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton10 wks72%8,877
65The Yorkshire Clinic Bingley10 wks74%1,054
66University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent10 wks73%7,304
67North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Carlisle10 wks75%1,061
68Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton10 wks73%2,736
69Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter10 wks73%7,567
70University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth10 wks73%4,557
71London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Harrow10 wks72%10,285
72The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton10 wks73%6,434
73East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn10 wks75%3,543
74Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral10 wks74%3,771
75Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford10 wks69%3,263
76Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester10 wks72%23,593
77Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford10 wks73%7,668
78Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London11 wks70%16,986
79University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham11 wks74%11,232
80Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton11 wks69%2,330
81Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Redhill11 wks75%300
82Vernova Healthcare Community Interest Company Macclesfield11 wks76%191
83St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London11 wks71%10,699
84University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry11 wks69%6,070
85Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley11 wks67%5,544
86Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford11 wks71%4,204
87University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby11 wks68%9,406
88Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford11 wks70%15,313
89Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot11 wks69%7,399
90Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester11 wks67%4,948
91The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley11 wks69%3,804
92Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham11 wks68%5,915
93Oaks Hospital Colchester11 wks80%107
94Barts Health NHS Trust London11 wks69%19,526
95United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln11 wks72%5,284
96Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester11 wks68%2,839
97Stourside Hospital Stourbridge11 wks68%275
98Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford11 wks68%6,014
99Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield12 wks66%6,746
100Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorchester12 wks67%1,640
101Blakelands Hospital Milton Keynes12 wks68%306
102East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury12 wks68%2,952
103University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton12 wks66%9,053
104Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amersham12 wks66%4,252
105Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool12 wks67%3,901
106Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall12 wks68%2,589
107East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea12 wks62%4,010
108The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Uxbridge12 wks66%4,021
109Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool12 wks66%3,243
110Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes12 wks66%3,396
111University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Kendal12 wks67%3,454
112Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norwich13 wks65%6,326
113Spencer Private Hospitals Ltd Deal13 wks67%350
114East Cheshire NHS Trust Macclesfield13 wks69%849
115Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport13 wks61%2,920
116The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham13 wks68%1,100
117Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham13 wks66%12,468
118University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester13 wks63%15,119
119University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London13 wks62%10,278
120South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough13 wks63%7,234
121Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Smethwick13 wks62%3,090
122West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Bury St. Edmunds13 wks62%2,132
123Medway NHS Foundation Trust Gillingham14 wks64%5,522
124North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough14 wks63%8,009
125Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull14 wks62%6,963
126The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool14 wks62%2,833
127Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield14 wks61%2,065
128Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust Shipley14 wks60%607
129Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston14 wks62%6,183
130Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Northampton14 wks59%2,697
131Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering14 wks59%3,842
132Euxton Hall Hospital Chorley14 wks57%69
133York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York14 wks58%6,844
134Fitzwilliam Hospital Peterborough15 wks60%633
135Pinehill Hospital Hitchin15 wks62%150
136Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Redhill15 wks57%4,326
137University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing15 wks57%7,172
138Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea16 wks57%15,852
139North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington16 wks58%3,327
140Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sutton-in-Ashfield16 wks56%2,404
141Rowley Hall Hospital Stafford16 wks55%203
142Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon16 wks54%2,016
143Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Grimsby17 wks53%4,432
144North Downs Hospital Caterham19 wks48%129
145Beacon Park Hospital Stafford22 wks43%180
146Renacres Hospital Ormskirk24 wks37%1,383
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