{"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": "RGP", "name": "James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust", "short_name": "James Paget University Hospitals", "area": "Norfolk and Suffolk", "area_code": "T6Y0W", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/james-paget-university-hospitals"}, "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": 30520, "median_weeks": 13.7, "p92_weeks": 40.1, "under_18_weeks_pct": 61.8, "over_52_weeks": 645, "over_65_weeks": 105, "over_78_weeks": 12, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 4164, "median_weeks": 15.7, "p92_weeks": 42.2, "over_52_weeks": 130}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 2190, 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