{"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": "RYY", "name": "Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust", "short_name": "Kent Community Health", "area": "Kent and Medway", "area_code": "QKS", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/kent-community-health"}, "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": 4373, "median_weeks": 6.9, "p92_weeks": 15.2, "under_18_weeks_pct": 98.7, "over_52_weeks": 0, "over_65_weeks": 0, "over_78_weeks": 0}, "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": 3533, "median_weeks": 8.1, "p92_weeks": 15.7, "under_18_weeks_pct": 98.4, "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}}}}, "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": [[3860, 4.7, 0, 100.0], [3953, 4.9, 0, 99.9], [4128, 5.0, 0, 99.9], [4001, 5.8, 0, 99.9], [3960, 6.3, 0, 99.9], [4126, 5.9, 0, 99.9], [4391, 6.0, 0, 99.9], [4825, 6.0, 0, 99.9], [4572, 6.0, 0, 99.8], [4203, 5.9, 0, 99.9], [4449, 6.1, 0, 99.5], [4655, 6.2, 0, 99.8], [4373, 6.9, 0, 98.7]], "orthopaedics": [[3271, 5.7, 0, 100.0], [3352, 5.7, 0, 99.9], [3466, 5.8, 0, 100.0], [3395, 6.3, 0, 99.9], [3351, 6.7, 0, 100.0], [3531, 6.4, 0, 99.9], [3419, 6.7, 0, 99.9], [3680, 6.5, 0, 99.8], [3626, 6.8, 0, 99.8], [3434, 6.7, 0, 99.9], [3632, 6.8, 0, 99.4], [3828, 7.1, 0, 99.7], [3533, 8.1, 0, 98.4]]}, "nearby_trusts": [{"name": "Dartford and Gravesham", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/dartford-and-gravesham", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/dartford-and-gravesham.json"}, {"name": "East Kent Hospitals University", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/east-kent-hospitals-university", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/east-kent-hospitals-university.json"}, {"name": "Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/maidstone-and-tunbridge-wells", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/maidstone-and-tunbridge-wells.json"}, {"name": "Medway", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/medway", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/medway.json"}]}