{"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": "RL1", "name": "The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust", "short_name": "Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital", "area": "Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin", "area_code": "QOC", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/robert-jones-and-agnes-hunt-orthopaedic-hospital"}, "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": 22749, "median_weeks": 16.1, "p92_weeks": 58.7, "under_18_weeks_pct": 53.8, "over_52_weeks": 2302, "over_65_weeks": 1456, "over_78_weeks": 897, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 7001, "median_weeks": 24.7, "p92_weeks": 80.2, "over_52_weeks": 1228}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 1136, "median_weeks_waited": 22.1, "p92_weeks_waited": 61.4}}, "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": 14899, "median_weeks": 20.7, "p92_weeks": 69.0, "under_18_weeks_pct": 45.1, "over_52_weeks": 2092, "over_65_weeks": 1362, "over_78_weeks": 865, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 6298, "median_weeks": 26.1, "p92_weeks": 83.9, "over_52_weeks": 1143}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 770, "median_weeks_waited": 30.5, "p92_weeks_waited": 71.4}}, "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}}}, "cardiology": {"name": "Cardiology", "trust": {"waiting": 1, "median_weeks": 5.5, "p92_weeks": 5.9, "under_18_weeks_pct": 100.0, "over_52_weeks": 0, "over_65_weeks": 0, "over_78_weeks": 0}, "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}}}}, "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": [[27333, 19.9, 3718, 47.5], [27718, 18.7, 3638, 48.9], [27100, 18.2, 3511, 49.7], [26641, 18.9, 3402, 48.4], [26409, 18.9, 3311, 48.2], [25250, 18.7, 3155, 48.4], [23933, 17.0, 2814, 52.4], [23494, 16.0, 2768, 52.8], [23494, 16.6, 2686, 53.6], [23398, 16.4, 2584, 53.6], [23052, 15.9, 2483, 53.7], [22655, 16.0, 2378, 53.8], [22749, 16.1, 2302, 53.8]], "orthopaedics": [[18411, 25.4, 3460, 40.4], [18200, 25.0, 3383, 39.9], [17786, 24.3, 3290, 39.6], [17361, 25.5, 3226, 37.5], [16700, 25.4, 3130, 37.4], [16046, 25.2, 2994, 37.1], [15528, 24.1, 2671, 40.4], [15309, 23.8, 2629, 40.6], [15236, 23.3, 2510, 42.0], [15021, 21.8, 2409, 42.8], [14960, 21.6, 2334, 43.3], [15109, 20.9, 2234, 44.3], [14899, 20.7, 2092, 45.1]], "cardiology": [[1, 11.5, 0, 100.0], [3, 15.2, 0, 100.0], [2, 7.0, 0, 100.0], null, [1, 6.5, 0, 100.0], [2, 1.0, 0, 100.0], [3, 4.5, 0, 100.0], [3, 9.5, 0, 100.0], [1, 18.5, 0, 0.0], [1, 22.5, 0, 0.0], null, [1, 0.5, 0, 100.0], [1, 5.5, 0, 100.0]]}, "nearby_trusts": [{"name": "Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/shrewsbury-and-telford-hospital", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/shrewsbury-and-telford-hospital.json"}, {"name": "Shropshire Community Health", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/shropshire-community-health", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/shropshire-community-health.json"}]}