{"title": "NHS waiting times by hospital trust and specialty (England)", "publisher": "Thera Travel (theratravel.co.uk)", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times", "month": "2026-09", "month_label": "September 2026", "published_by_nhs_england": "November 2026", "next_update_expected": "2026-12-10", "source": {"publisher": "NHS England", "dataset": "Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times", "page": "https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/", "file": "https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/Full-CSV-data-file-Sep26-ZIP-3M-ojyW5x.zip", "fetched": "2026-11-13"}, "licence": {"name": "Open Government Licence v3.0", "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/", "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: NHS England, Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times.", "credit": "Thera Travel, from NHS England data, https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times"}, "trust": {"code": "RYW", "name": "Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust", "short_name": "Birmingham Community Healthcare", "area": "Birmingham and Solihull", "area_code": "QHL", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/birmingham-community-healthcare"}, "definitions": {"waiting": "Incomplete referral-to-treatment pathways at the end of the month (the waiting list). One person can be on more than one list.", "median_weeks": "Half the list has waited longer than this so far; interpolated within weekly bands over pathways with a known clock start.", "p92_weeks": "92% of the list has waited less than this so far.", "under_18_weeks_pct": "Share of the list waiting under 18 weeks. The NHS Constitution gives a right to start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks from referral for non-urgent conditions.", "over_52_weeks": "Pathways waiting more than 52 weeks.", "waiting_to_be_admitted": "Incomplete pathways with a decision to admit for treatment (usually an operation).", "admitted_this_month": "Pathways completed by admission to hospital during the month, and how long those patients had waited.", "area": "The NHS integrated care board (ICB) the provider belongs to.", "coverage": "England only; reported figures, without NHS England's estimates for trusts that did not report."}, "specialties": {"all": {"name": "All specialties", "trust": {"waiting": 15645, "median_weeks": 9.3, "p92_weeks": 26.4, "under_18_weeks_pct": 80.8, "over_52_weeks": 6, "over_65_weeks": 0, "over_78_weeks": 0, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 90, "median_weeks_waited": 27.0, "p92_weeks_waited": 51.6}}, "england": {"waiting": 7104965, "median_weeks": 12.2, "p92_weeks": 37.8, "under_18_weeks_pct": 65.9, "over_52_weeks": 113490, "over_65_weeks": 14469, "over_78_weeks": 3094, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 1198923, "median_weeks": 17.6, "p92_weeks": 46.8, "over_52_weeks": 50769}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 311884, "median_weeks_waited": 13.3, "p92_weeks_waited": 51.9}}}, "orthopaedics": {"name": "Trauma and orthopaedics", "trust": {"waiting": 67, "median_weeks": 2.4, "p92_weeks": 6.3, "under_18_weeks_pct": 98.5, "over_52_weeks": 0, "over_65_weeks": 0, "over_78_weeks": 0}, "england": {"waiting": 837685, "median_weeks": 13.9, "p92_weeks": 42.1, "under_18_weeks_pct": 61.2, "over_52_weeks": 21952, "over_65_weeks": 4211, "over_78_weeks": 1463, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 277290, "median_weeks": 21.0, "p92_weeks": 48.3, "over_52_weeks": 14276}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 48604, "median_weeks_waited": 24.2, "p92_weeks_waited": 56.6}}}, "oral-surgery": {"name": "Oral surgery", "trust": {"waiting": 6459, "median_weeks": 11.1, "p92_weeks": 26.8, "under_18_weeks_pct": 77.2, "over_52_weeks": 1, "over_65_weeks": 0, "over_78_weeks": 0, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 76, "median_weeks_waited": 28.6, "p92_weeks_waited": 51.6}}, "england": {"waiting": 314176, "median_weeks": 16.1, "p92_weeks": 43.5, "under_18_weeks_pct": 54.5, "over_52_weeks": 7619, "over_65_weeks": 778, "over_78_weeks": 80, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 55235, "median_weeks": 23.7, "p92_weeks": 50.2, "over_52_weeks": 3373}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 13696, "median_weeks_waited": 26.0, "p92_weeks_waited": 58.1}}}}, "history": {"months": ["2025-09", "2025-10", "2025-11", "2025-12", "2026-01", "2026-02", "2026-03", "2026-04", "2026-05", "2026-06", "2026-07", "2026-08", "2026-09"], "fields": ["waiting", "median_weeks", "over_52_weeks", "under_18_weeks_pct"], "all": [[15355, 11.8, 43, 70.9], [15463, 11.7, 34, 70.1], [14862, 11.3, 22, 70.0], [14916, 11.2, 10, 70.7], [15359, 11.3, 13, 70.8], [14817, 11.7, 10, 68.7], [14919, 8.6, 2, 77.2], [14412, 8.9, 1, 77.9], [14636, 9.6, 1, 78.7], [14961, 8.7, 0, 80.2], [15246, 8.3, 1, 81.9], [15544, 8.7, 2, 81.8], [15645, 9.3, 6, 80.8]], "orthopaedics": [[252, 12.8, 0, 68.3], [248, 13.7, 0, 65.3], [200, 11.0, 0, 78.0], [185, 8.8, 0, 78.9], [146, 7.4, 0, 80.8], [114, 5.0, 0, 89.5], [100, 3.5, 0, 98.0], [73, 2.5, 0, 100.0], [87, 3.1, 0, 100.0], [78, 3.4, 0, 98.7], [65, 3.0, 0, 98.5], [52, 2.4, 0, 100.0], [67, 2.4, 0, 98.5]], "oral-surgery": [[7220, 14.4, 26, 62.5], [7355, 14.5, 28, 61.9], [7321, 14.2, 20, 62.1], [7547, 13.9, 9, 63.7], [7861, 14.5, 12, 61.9], [7370, 16.1, 9, 56.7], [6592, 11.7, 1, 69.9], [6319, 11.6, 1, 71.1], [6207, 11.7, 1, 72.8], [6238, 9.9, 0, 76.7], [6141, 10.2, 0, 78.3], [6357, 10.4, 0, 78.9], [6459, 11.1, 1, 77.2]]}, "nearby_trusts": [{"name": "Birmingham Women's and Children's", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/birmingham-womens-and-childrens", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/birmingham-womens-and-childrens.json"}, {"name": "Royal Orthopaedic Hospital", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/royal-orthopaedic-hospital", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/royal-orthopaedic-hospital.json"}, {"name": "University Hospitals Birmingham", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/university-hospitals-birmingham", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/university-hospitals-birmingham.json"}]}