{"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": "RCU", "name": "Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust", "short_name": "Sheffield Children's", "area": "South Yorkshire", "area_code": "QF7", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/sheffield-childrens"}, "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": 11207, "median_weeks": 10.6, "p92_weeks": 33.8, "under_18_weeks_pct": 71.6, "over_52_weeks": 92, "over_65_weeks": 6, "over_78_weeks": 1, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 2387, "median_weeks": 16.2, "p92_weeks": 45.8, "over_52_weeks": 78}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 512, "median_weeks_waited": 15.7, "p92_weeks_waited": 55.8}}, "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}}}, "oral-surgery": {"name": "Oral surgery", "trust": {"waiting": 41, "median_weeks": 9.5, "p92_weeks": 42.7, "under_18_weeks_pct": 78.0, "over_52_weeks": 0, "over_65_weeks": 0, "over_78_weeks": 0, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 41, "median_weeks": 9.5, "p92_weeks": 42.7, "over_52_weeks": 0}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 12, "median_weeks_waited": 15.0, "p92_weeks_waited": 47.0}}, "england": {"waiting": 314176, "median_weeks": 16.1, "p92_weeks": 43.5, "under_18_weeks_pct": 54.5, "over_52_weeks": 7619, "over_65_weeks": 778, "over_78_weeks": 80, "waiting_to_be_admitted": {"waiting": 55235, "median_weeks": 23.7, "p92_weeks": 50.2, "over_52_weeks": 3373}, "admitted_this_month": {"patients": 13696, "median_weeks_waited": 26.0, "p92_weeks_waited": 58.1}}}}, "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": [[11707, 11.9, 285, 65.0], [11561, 11.3, 259, 65.1], [11376, 10.9, 230, 64.5], [11646, 10.8, 195, 66.5], [11426, 10.9, 176, 67.0], [11069, 10.3, 156, 69.5], [10811, 8.6, 150, 72.7], [11308, 9.0, 160, 72.6], [11305, 9.7, 155, 74.1], [11355, 9.4, 143, 74.3], [11619, 9.9, 136, 72.7], [11708, 10.3, 122, 71.3], [11207, 10.6, 92, 71.6]], "oral-surgery": [[31, 22.5, 1, 35.5], [21, 22.5, 1, 19.0], [14, 24.0, 0, 14.3], [11, 27.8, 0, 18.2], [13, 30.5, 0, 23.1], [18, 36.3, 2, 11.1], [35, 35.5, 3, 17.1], [38, 32.2, 2, 23.7], [38, 31.0, 1, 26.3], [33, 28.8, 2, 33.3], [34, 21.0, 2, 44.1], [44, 8.0, 0, 72.7], [41, 9.5, 0, 78.0]]}, "nearby_trusts": [{"name": "Barnsley Hospital", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/barnsley-hospital", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/barnsley-hospital.json"}, {"name": "Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/doncaster-and-bassetlaw-teaching-hospitals", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/doncaster-and-bassetlaw-teaching-hospitals.json"}, {"name": "Rotherham", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/rotherham", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/rotherham.json"}]}