{"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": "RRJ", "name": "The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust", "short_name": "Royal Orthopaedic Hospital", "area": "Birmingham and Solihull", "area_code": "QHL", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/royal-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": 13621, "median_weeks": 12.5, "p92_weeks": 33.3, "under_18_weeks_pct": 67.1, "over_52_weeks": 56, "over_65_weeks": 0, "over_78_weeks": 0, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 2891, "median_weeks": 13.6, "p92_weeks": 34.3, "over_52_weeks": 18}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 830, "median_weeks_waited": 16.7, "p92_weeks_waited": 42.1}}, "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": 11139, "median_weeks": 12.9, "p92_weeks": 34.7, "under_18_weeks_pct": 65.0, "over_52_weeks": 54, "over_65_weeks": 0, "over_78_weeks": 0, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 2558, "median_weeks": 14.4, "p92_weeks": 35.0, "over_52_weeks": 17}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 683, "median_weeks_waited": 17.6, "p92_weeks_waited": 43.3}}, "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}}}}, "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": [[13407, 13.5, 376, 62.4], [13511, 13.7, 320, 61.9], [13264, 13.0, 227, 62.0], [13248, 13.5, 198, 62.1], [13062, 13.9, 171, 62.3], [12876, 13.5, 104, 63.2], [12591, 11.9, 97, 65.6], [12688, 12.1, 110, 65.7], [13010, 12.6, 107, 67.4], [13283, 11.6, 69, 68.2], [13293, 12.1, 66, 66.8], [13473, 12.2, 69, 66.5], [13621, 12.5, 56, 67.1]], "orthopaedics": [[11330, 14.3, 373, 59.8], [11386, 14.7, 318, 58.9], [11223, 14.2, 225, 59.0], [11141, 14.5, 197, 59.0], [10989, 14.7, 171, 59.4], [10844, 14.3, 104, 60.3], [10590, 13.0, 96, 62.9], [10634, 12.6, 108, 63.4], [10892, 13.0, 106, 65.6], [11076, 12.1, 67, 66.3], [11033, 12.7, 64, 65.1], [11098, 12.8, 69, 64.5], [11139, 12.9, 54, 65.0]]}, "nearby_trusts": [{"name": "Birmingham Community Healthcare", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/birmingham-community-healthcare", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/birmingham-community-healthcare.json"}, {"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": "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"}]}