{"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": "RDR", "name": "Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust", "short_name": "Sussex Community", "area": "Surrey and Sussex", "area_code": "S9B9J", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/sussex-community"}, "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": 14636, "median_weeks": 14.1, "p92_weeks": 42.4, "under_18_weeks_pct": 60.5, "over_52_weeks": 411, "over_65_weeks": 47, "over_78_weeks": 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}}}, "orthopaedics": {"name": "Trauma and orthopaedics", "trust": {"waiting": 14636, "median_weeks": 14.1, "p92_weeks": 42.4, "under_18_weeks_pct": 60.5, "over_52_weeks": 411, "over_65_weeks": 47, "over_78_weeks": 8}, "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": [[14237, 10.2, 5, 73.7], [14148, 10.7, 5, 72.5], [13799, 10.6, 7, 71.5], [13993, 11.7, 63, 68.3], [14410, 13.4, 176, 63.2], [13002, 16.6, 288, 54.4], [13174, 16.1, 119, 55.5], [12734, 16.3, 116, 52.5], [12717, 16.7, 202, 53.2], [13214, 15.3, 301, 56.8], [13533, 14.5, 419, 58.3], [14239, 14.0, 335, 60.9], [14636, 14.1, 411, 60.5]], "orthopaedics": [[13315, 10.3, 5, 72.7], [13193, 10.7, 5, 71.7], [12807, 10.6, 7, 71.0], [12949, 11.7, 63, 67.7], [13847, 13.3, 176, 63.7], [13002, 16.6, 288, 54.4], [13174, 16.1, 119, 55.5], [12734, 16.3, 116, 52.5], [12717, 16.7, 202, 53.2], [13214, 15.3, 301, 56.8], [13533, 14.5, 419, 58.3], [14239, 14.0, 335, 60.9], [14636, 14.1, 411, 60.5]]}, "nearby_trusts": [{"name": "Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/ashford-and-st-peters-hospitals", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/ashford-and-st-peters-hospitals.json"}, {"name": "East Sussex Healthcare", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/east-sussex-healthcare", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/east-sussex-healthcare.json"}, {"name": "Frimley Health", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/frimley-health", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/frimley-health.json"}, {"name": "Queen Victoria Hospital", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/queen-victoria-hospital", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/queen-victoria-hospital.json"}, {"name": "Royal Surrey", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/royal-surrey", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/royal-surrey.json"}, {"name": "Surrey and Sussex Healthcare", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/surrey-and-sussex-healthcare", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/surrey-and-sussex-healthcare.json"}, {"name": "University Hospitals Sussex", "page": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/university-hospitals-sussex", "json": "https://www.theratravel.co.uk/nhs-waiting-times/university-hospitals-sussex.json"}]}