{"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": "RGM", "name": "Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust", "short_name": "Royal Papworth Hospital", "area": "Central East", "area_code": "S1Y5D", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/royal-papworth-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": 5921, "median_weeks": 9.3, "p92_weeks": 28.6, "under_18_weeks_pct": 79.3, "over_52_weeks": 11, "over_65_weeks": 2, "over_78_weeks": 2, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 1507, "median_weeks": 14.6, "p92_weeks": 37.0, "over_52_weeks": 6}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 847, "median_weeks_waited": 13.6, "p92_weeks_waited": 41.1}}, "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}}}, "cardiology": {"name": "Cardiology", "trust": {"waiting": 2147, "median_weeks": 13.0, "p92_weeks": 37.0, "under_18_weeks_pct": 61.7, "over_52_weeks": 9, "over_65_weeks": 2, "over_78_weeks": 2, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 932, "median_weeks": 18.1, "p92_weeks": 40.3, "over_52_weeks": 4}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 288, "median_weeks_waited": 21.3, "p92_weeks_waited": 51.3}}, "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": [[6080, 10.4, 45, 72.1], [5893, 9.8, 33, 73.8], [5702, 9.5, 9, 74.3], [5523, 10.1, 16, 74.3], [5335, 10.0, 18, 75.5], [5471, 8.5, 23, 75.7], [5283, 7.7, 24, 78.8], [5271, 8.1, 25, 78.2], [5403, 8.4, 29, 80.3], [5670, 8.0, 32, 80.3], [5921, 8.2, 37, 80.5], [5955, 8.8, 22, 80.6], [5921, 9.3, 11, 79.3]], "cardiology": [[2109, 14.2, 38, 59.6], [2077, 14.1, 32, 60.3], [2055, 13.5, 7, 59.8], [2070, 13.7, 14, 60.7], [2029, 14.0, 13, 60.6], [2093, 14.0, 20, 60.4], [2070, 13.8, 21, 60.1], [2150, 13.4, 24, 59.3], [2205, 13.5, 24, 62.9], [2190, 13.8, 28, 60.0], [2151, 13.8, 34, 59.7], [2099, 13.6, 18, 61.3], [2147, 13.0, 9, 61.7]]}, "nearby_trusts": [{"name": "Bedfordshire Hospitals", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/bedfordshire-hospitals", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/bedfordshire-hospitals.json"}, {"name": "Cambridge University Hospitals", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/cambridge-university-hospitals", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/cambridge-university-hospitals.json"}, {"name": "East and North Hertfordshire Teaching", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/east-and-north-hertfordshire-teaching", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/east-and-north-hertfordshire-teaching.json"}, {"name": "Milton Keynes University Hospital", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/milton-keynes-university-hospital", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/milton-keynes-university-hospital.json"}, {"name": "North West Anglia", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/north-west-anglia", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/north-west-anglia.json"}, {"name": "West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/west-hertfordshire-teaching-hospitals", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/west-hertfordshire-teaching-hospitals.json"}]}