{"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": "RXP", "name": "County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust", "short_name": "County Durham and Darlington", "area": "North East and North Cumbria", "area_code": "QHM", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/county-durham-and-darlington"}, "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": 55102, "median_weeks": 12.1, "p92_weeks": 40.9, "under_18_weeks_pct": 64.7, "over_52_weeks": 1454, "over_65_weeks": 121, "over_78_weeks": 3, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 7886, "median_weeks": 23.9, "p92_weeks": 50.8, "over_52_weeks": 537}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 1150, "median_weeks_waited": 10.5, "p92_weeks_waited": 57.7}}, "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": 10382, "median_weeks": 7.2, "p92_weeks": 35.1, "under_18_weeks_pct": 77.0, "over_52_weeks": 168, "over_65_weeks": 3, "over_78_weeks": 0, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 2161, "median_weeks": 27.4, "p92_weeks": 51.1, "over_52_weeks": 154}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 147, "median_weeks_waited": 41.3, "p92_weeks_waited": 57.3}}, "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}}}, "ophthalmology": {"name": "Eyes (ophthalmology)", "trust": {"waiting": 3377, "median_weeks": 12.3, "p92_weeks": 36.1, "under_18_weeks_pct": 65.9, "over_52_weeks": 26, "over_65_weeks": 5, "over_78_weeks": 0, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 775, "median_weeks": 25.4, "p92_weeks": 46.0, "over_52_weeks": 24}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 75, "median_weeks_waited": 37.8, "p92_weeks_waited": 58.5}}, "england": {"waiting": 620752, "median_weeks": 10.1, "p92_weeks": 32.8, "under_18_weeks_pct": 72.8, "over_52_weeks": 5153, "over_65_weeks": 235, "over_78_weeks": 27, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 155679, "median_weeks": 12.2, "p92_weeks": 38.8, "over_52_weeks": 3024}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 59755, "median_weeks_waited": 12.3, "p92_weeks_waited": 36.7}}}, "general-surgery": {"name": "General surgery", "trust": {"waiting": 6697, "median_weeks": 13.3, "p92_weeks": 45.2, "under_18_weeks_pct": 60.0, "over_52_weeks": 262, "over_65_weeks": 20, "over_78_weeks": 0, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 1857, "median_weeks": 26.8, "p92_weeks": 53.1, "over_52_weeks": 166}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 287, "median_weeks_waited": 7.8, "p92_weeks_waited": 58.8}}, "england": {"waiting": 386359, "median_weeks": 12.8, "p92_weeks": 40.9, "under_18_weeks_pct": 63.9, "over_52_weeks": 8376, "over_65_weeks": 925, "over_78_weeks": 129, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 115844, "median_weeks": 20.2, "p92_weeks": 48.2, "over_52_weeks": 5614}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 26131, "median_weeks_waited": 17.0, "p92_weeks_waited": 54.4}}}, "gynaecology": {"name": "Gynaecology", "trust": {"waiting": 5370, "median_weeks": 12.0, "p92_weeks": 36.6, "under_18_weeks_pct": 65.6, "over_52_weeks": 117, "over_65_weeks": 4, "over_78_weeks": 0, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 844, "median_weeks": 28.5, "p92_weeks": 54.6, "over_52_weeks": 86}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 81, "median_weeks_waited": 28.5, "p92_weeks_waited": 64.5}}, "england": {"waiting": 579842, "median_weeks": 14.1, "p92_weeks": 41.7, "under_18_weeks_pct": 60.1, "over_52_weeks": 12974, "over_65_weeks": 1060, "over_78_weeks": 100, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 84640, "median_weeks": 23.7, "p92_weeks": 51.1, "over_52_weeks": 5969}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 16234, "median_weeks_waited": 17.7, "p92_weeks_waited": 60.7}}}, "ent": {"name": "Ear, nose and throat", "trust": {"waiting": 3991, "median_weeks": 12.3, "p92_weeks": 29.0, "under_18_weeks_pct": 69.6, "over_52_weeks": 1, "over_65_weeks": 0, "over_78_weeks": 0, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 306, "median_weeks": 19.8, "p92_weeks": 41.6, "over_52_weeks": 0}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 61, "median_weeks_waited": 25.5, "p92_weeks_waited": 49.1}}, "england": {"waiting": 577764, "median_weeks": 15.3, "p92_weeks": 41.1, "under_18_weeks_pct": 57.1, "over_52_weeks": 11516, "over_65_weeks": 1469, "over_78_weeks": 277, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 73751, "median_weeks": 23.3, "p92_weeks": 49.8, "over_52_weeks": 4298}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 13293, "median_weeks_waited": 25.0, "p92_weeks_waited": 60.0}}}, "oral-surgery": {"name": "Oral surgery", "trust": {"waiting": 804, "median_weeks": 14.5, "p92_weeks": 35.2, "under_18_weeks_pct": 59.7, "over_52_weeks": 0, "over_65_weeks": 0, "over_78_weeks": 0, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 123, "median_weeks": 14.4, "p92_weeks": 38.5, "over_52_weeks": 0}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 51, "median_weeks_waited": 11.8, "p92_weeks_waited": 46.9}}, "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}}}, "plastic-surgery": {"name": "Plastic surgery", "trust": {"waiting": 1609, "median_weeks": 11.4, "p92_weeks": 44.2, "under_18_weeks_pct": 65.7, "over_52_weeks": 56, "over_65_weeks": 1, "over_78_weeks": 0, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 813, "median_weeks": 17.7, "p92_weeks": 50.6, "over_52_weeks": 50}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 180, "median_weeks_waited": 7.7, "p92_weeks_waited": 55.2}}, "england": {"waiting": 110025, "median_weeks": 13.7, "p92_weeks": 44.5, "under_18_weeks_pct": 60.3, "over_52_weeks": 4021, "over_65_weeks": 763, "over_78_weeks": 124, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 48281, "median_weeks": 18.7, "p92_weeks": 49.0, "over_52_weeks": 2729}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 13134, "median_weeks_waited": 9.0, "p92_weeks_waited": 51.0}}}, "dermatology": {"name": "Dermatology", "trust": {"waiting": 6153, "median_weeks": 16.7, "p92_weeks": 51.7, "under_18_weeks_pct": 52.9, "over_52_weeks": 476, "over_65_weeks": 48, "over_78_weeks": 3, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 636, "median_weeks": 15.6, "p92_weeks": 46.4, "over_52_weeks": 34}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 52, "median_weeks_waited": 13.6, "p92_weeks_waited": 70.9}}, "england": {"waiting": 415745, "median_weeks": 11.1, "p92_weeks": 36.6, "under_18_weeks_pct": 68.8, "over_52_weeks": 5711, "over_65_weeks": 635, "over_78_weeks": 33, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 32890, "median_weeks": 10.6, "p92_weeks": 36.8, "over_52_weeks": 317}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 11898, "median_weeks_waited": 7.0, "p92_weeks_waited": 39.2}}}, "cardiology": {"name": "Cardiology", "trust": {"waiting": 1398, "median_weeks": 7.4, "p92_weeks": 22.5, "under_18_weeks_pct": 88.1, "over_52_weeks": 0, "over_65_weeks": 0, "over_78_weeks": 0, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 38, "median_weeks": 9.0, "p92_weeks": 32.5, "over_52_weeks": 0}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 16, "median_weeks_waited": 10.8, "p92_weeks_waited": 28.7}}, "england": {"waiting": 355950, "median_weeks": 11.8, "p92_weeks": 34.6, "under_18_weeks_pct": 68.9, "over_52_weeks": 2660, "over_65_weeks": 342, "over_78_weeks": 46, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 34500, "median_weeks": 14.0, "p92_weeks": 41.6, "over_52_weeks": 688}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 10102, "median_weeks_waited": 11.6, "p92_weeks_waited": 46.7}}}, "gastroenterology": {"name": "Gastroenterology", "trust": {"waiting": 3625, "median_weeks": 15.9, "p92_weeks": 44.2, "under_18_weeks_pct": 55.8, "over_52_weeks": 105, "over_65_weeks": 0, "over_78_weeks": 0, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 133, "median_weeks": 7.1, "p92_weeks": 29.2, "over_52_weeks": 1}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 169, "median_weeks_waited": 2.8, "p92_weeks_waited": 9.5}}, "england": {"waiting": 353474, "median_weeks": 10.9, "p92_weeks": 35.3, "under_18_weeks_pct": 71.0, "over_52_weeks": 3810, "over_65_weeks": 280, "over_78_weeks": 21, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 42775, "median_weeks": 8.1, "p92_weeks": 29.8, "over_52_weeks": 426}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 16868, "median_weeks_waited": 4.5, "p92_weeks_waited": 28.9}}}}, "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": [[42330, 11.1, 504, 70.1], [42308, 11.3, 555, 68.7], [40851, 11.1, 608, 68.3], [41453, 12.0, 627, 67.5], [42140, 12.6, 779, 66.1], [42312, 12.7, 671, 64.8], [43027, 11.7, 415, 66.8], [52788, 11.5, 701, 66.9], [52378, 12.2, 774, 67.1], [53479, 11.7, 943, 65.5], [54409, 11.6, 1199, 65.4], [54410, 12.3, 1410, 64.2], [55102, 12.1, 1454, 64.7]], "orthopaedics": [[10556, 8.3, 20, 87.7], [10422, 8.1, 31, 86.1], [9555, 8.5, 24, 84.7], [9353, 9.6, 14, 83.7], [9028, 10.6, 19, 81.2], [8868, 10.7, 18, 77.4], [9448, 9.9, 17, 77.2], [10693, 9.2, 26, 78.7], [10985, 9.8, 58, 78.2], [10579, 9.0, 108, 74.3], [10845, 7.7, 158, 75.3], [10240, 7.4, 176, 74.6], [10382, 7.2, 168, 77.0]], "ophthalmology": [[2533, 8.4, 16, 77.5], [2567, 9.5, 11, 77.0], [2656, 9.8, 15, 77.4], [2675, 11.2, 5, 74.8], [2781, 11.6, 4, 71.1], [2798, 11.5, 5, 69.5], [2868, 10.8, 6, 69.9], [3044, 10.8, 7, 70.0], [3085, 11.5, 10, 68.2], [3151, 11.5, 20, 67.3], [3241, 11.1, 19, 67.5], [3382, 11.8, 31, 66.7], [3377, 12.3, 26, 65.9]], "general-surgery": [[4840, 12.5, 95, 61.6], [4733, 13.2, 96, 59.7], [4505, 14.0, 123, 57.4], [4540, 14.0, 139, 57.9], [4700, 14.4, 191, 57.1], [4705, 14.3, 164, 56.6], [4829, 12.9, 126, 59.6], [6173, 12.8, 158, 59.9], [6100, 13.9, 159, 59.1], [6314, 13.1, 209, 59.9], [6487, 12.3, 258, 61.1], [6593, 13.5, 292, 59.8], [6697, 13.3, 262, 60.0]], "gynaecology": [[3639, 17.4, 148, 51.6], [3678, 16.8, 136, 53.1], [3664, 14.8, 106, 57.7], [3599, 16.3, 92, 54.8], [3860, 15.4, 112, 56.9], [3864, 15.3, 91, 58.0], [3828, 14.3, 67, 61.2], [4583, 11.9, 95, 65.2], [4532, 12.7, 95, 65.7], [4780, 11.8, 90, 65.8], [4896, 12.4, 111, 63.9], [5059, 12.8, 111, 63.0], [5370, 12.0, 117, 65.6]], "ent": [[3049, 15.9, 1, 56.5], [2933, 14.6, 0, 60.3], [2881, 13.5, 1, 62.5], [3085, 13.7, 1, 63.8], [2985, 14.0, 2, 64.0], [3007, 13.5, 2, 64.7], [2963, 12.5, 3, 66.9], [3958, 10.8, 0, 73.1], [3590, 12.0, 2, 72.7], [3773, 11.1, 0, 72.4], [3866, 11.3, 0, 70.5], [3985, 12.1, 1, 70.2], [3991, 12.3, 1, 69.6]], "oral-surgery": [[464, 13.5, 0, 67.2], [455, 12.1, 0, 67.9], [462, 10.9, 0, 66.0], [521, 10.9, 0, 67.0], [559, 11.4, 0, 69.9], [585, 12.3, 0, 67.0], [615, 11.7, 0, 66.0], [713, 12.0, 0, 66.1], [737, 13.4, 0, 65.1], [760, 13.6, 0, 61.3], [766, 13.3, 0, 62.8], [780, 13.8, 1, 59.9], [804, 14.5, 0, 59.7]], "plastic-surgery": [[1794, 14.6, 74, 56.4], [1827, 14.9, 84, 55.8], [1738, 16.0, 75, 55.1], [1801, 16.4, 80, 53.7], [1775, 16.5, 110, 53.4], [1672, 16.2, 89, 53.2], [1577, 12.7, 45, 60.6], [1541, 12.4, 33, 61.8], [1485, 12.3, 29, 63.9], [1534, 11.6, 30, 63.2], [1559, 11.5, 39, 64.4], [1582, 11.0, 46, 65.1], [1609, 11.4, 56, 65.7]], "dermatology": [[3597, 12.8, 98, 61.7], [3649, 13.7, 130, 59.2], [3566, 13.1, 166, 58.0], [3605, 14.0, 226, 57.3], [3627, 13.4, 269, 58.3], [3600, 13.7, 230, 59.4], [3562, 12.1, 89, 61.4], [5604, 18.6, 298, 49.2], [5163, 16.7, 288, 52.8], [5566, 16.4, 349, 52.8], [5886, 15.1, 444, 54.8], [6136, 15.7, 522, 54.7], [6153, 16.7, 476, 52.9]], "cardiology": [[1556, 9.2, 0, 80.5], [1597, 9.0, 0, 76.9], [1422, 8.4, 0, 79.6], [1482, 8.6, 0, 79.9], [1503, 8.4, 1, 79.3], [1452, 7.9, 0, 81.3], [1406, 7.7, 0, 83.7], [1400, 8.1, 0, 81.1], [1363, 9.1, 0, 81.9], [1473, 7.4, 0, 82.3], [1313, 7.0, 1, 85.7], [1357, 7.5, 1, 85.2], [1398, 7.4, 0, 88.1]], "gastroenterology": [[2480, 11.9, 0, 67.9], [2542, 14.1, 0, 62.8], [2389, 12.7, 0, 62.3], [2776, 14.0, 0, 61.0], [2931, 14.7, 1, 57.4], [3104, 15.8, 1, 55.1], [3292, 14.3, 2, 60.1], [3673, 13.5, 4, 62.1], [3565, 13.4, 1, 63.6], [3394, 13.8, 2, 61.5], [3578, 13.9, 11, 59.3], [3416, 14.7, 35, 57.1], [3625, 15.9, 105, 55.8]]}, "nearby_trusts": [{"name": "Gateshead Health", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/gateshead-health", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/gateshead-health.json"}, {"name": "Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/newcastle-upon-tyne-hospitals", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/newcastle-upon-tyne-hospitals.json"}, {"name": "North Cumbria Integrated Care", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/north-cumbria-integrated-care", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/north-cumbria-integrated-care.json"}, {"name": "North Tees and Hartlepool", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/north-tees-and-hartlepool", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/north-tees-and-hartlepool.json"}, {"name": "Northumbria Healthcare", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/northumbria-healthcare", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/northumbria-healthcare.json"}, {"name": "South Tees Hospitals", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/south-tees-hospitals", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/south-tees-hospitals.json"}, {"name": "South Tyneside and Sunderland", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/south-tyneside-and-sunderland", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/south-tyneside-and-sunderland.json"}]}