NHS trusts ranked by the number of people waiting over a year

Name: NHS trusts ordered by patients waiting over 52 weeks
Creator: Finally Seen
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NHS England reports 19,148 incomplete pathways waiting more than 52 weeks across 285 trust and specialty combinations in May 2026. These are the 50 largest.

Figures as at 31 May 2026, published for May 2026. NHS trusts only, independent sector providers excluded.

Ordered by patients waiting over 52 weeks, highest first. 0 combinations report pathways with no over 52 week count published and are not ranked.
#	NHS trust	Specialty	Waiting over 52 weeks	Share of its pathways	Median wait (specialty average)
1	Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust	Dermatology	928	9.1%	23.7 weeks
2	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust	Dermatology	765	9.4%	14.1 weeks
3	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	Gynaecology	595	7.5%	16.4 weeks
4	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust	Cardiology	591	11.7%	17.6 weeks
5	Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	574	3.8%	17.2 weeks
6	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	544	5.4%	15.3 weeks
7	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	501	4.8%	16.3 weeks
8	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	441	7.4%	17.9 weeks
9	Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Dermatology	423	5.6%	16.4 weeks
10	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	410	13.0%	19.2 weeks
11	Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust	Gynaecology	375	6.2%	19.0 weeks
12	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Gynaecology	364	5.5%	18.2 weeks
13	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	339	4.6%	15.4 weeks
14	Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	330	6.0%	15.8 weeks
15	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust	Gynaecology	295	4.9%	16.1 weeks
16	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	293	6.9%	16.6 weeks
17	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Cardiology	293	5.5%	16.8 weeks
18	County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	Dermatology	288	5.6%	16.7 weeks
19	Medway NHS Foundation Trust	Rheumatology	281	8.5%	29.1 weeks
20	Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	247	2.5%	14.2 weeks
21	University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust	Gynaecology	242	3.5%	18.4 weeks
22	Barts Health NHS Trust	Dermatology	240	3.3%	16.3 weeks
23	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	233	5.2%	18.4 weeks
24	Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust	Rheumatology	229	9.4%	16.5 weeks
25	University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	222	2.9%	14.5 weeks
26	North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	216	5.6%	17.5 weeks
27	University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS Trust	Gynaecology	214	4.3%	13.6 weeks
28	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Dermatology	189	4.8%	19.5 weeks
29	Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust	Gynaecology	181	3.7%	16.7 weeks
30	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	Cardiology	175	2.7%	15.2 weeks
31	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	173	4.4%	17.1 weeks
32	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	Dermatology	169	2.2%	13.1 weeks
33	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust	Cardiology	169	2.8%	16.0 weeks
34	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Dermatology	162	2.5%	18.1 weeks
35	Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	156	3.3%	15.0 weeks
36	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	Gynaecology	154	2.3%	15.2 weeks
37	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	153	1.8%	13.1 weeks
38	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	146	0.8%	16.3 weeks
39	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Cardiology	143	4.4%	17.8 weeks
40	University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust	Gynaecology	138	1.5%	14.8 weeks
41	West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	132	4.2%	16.3 weeks
42	University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust	Gynaecology	129	1.9%	16.6 weeks
43	Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	Dermatology	127	3.1%	15.1 weeks
44	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Rheumatology	127	8.9%	21.8 weeks
45	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust	Gynaecology	118	2.1%	13.7 weeks
46	Croydon Health Services NHS Trust	Dermatology	116	3.7%	14.4 weeks
47	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Cardiology	114	2.3%	16.7 weeks
48	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Cardiology	114	1.9%	13.9 weeks
49	Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	Cardiology	111	1.0%	13.8 weeks
50	Dartford And Gravesham NHS Trust	Gynaecology	109	2.4%	14.5 weeks

How this list is built

One row per NHS trust and treatment function, ordered by the number of incomplete pathways NHS England reports as waiting more than 52 weeks, highest first. Counts are NHS England's published figures for the month named on the page. Independent sector providers are excluded. A count is never added to a median and never described as one person's wait.

Source: NHS England referral to treatment waiting times

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