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Waits of six weeks or more for diagnostic tests, England

The share of patients in England waiting for a key diagnostic test, such as an MRI or CT scan, at the end of each month who had waited six weeks or more, since January 2006.

Waiting six weeks or more

24.7%

Aug 2026

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:19 UTC
Waiting six weeks or more
0%20%40%60%Jan 06Jul 09Jan 13Jul 16Jan 20Jul 23Aug 2624.7%

Source: NHS England. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

248 periods, newest first

PeriodWaiting six weeks or more
Aug 202624.7%
Jul 202623.1%
Jun 202623.3%
May 202624.0%
Apr 202624.9%
Mar 202621.2%
Feb 202620.3%
Jan 202624.7%
Dec 202524.8%
Nov 202521.7%
Oct 202521.3%
Sep 202522.4%
Aug 202524.0%
Jul 202521.9%
Jun 202521.3%
May 202522.0%
Apr 202521.3%
Mar 202518.4%
Feb 202517.5%
Jan 202522.4%
Dec 202422.8%
Nov 202419.9%
Oct 202420.7%
Sep 202422.7%
Aug 202424.0%
Jul 202422.4%
Jun 202422.9%
May 202422.0%
Apr 202423.0%
Mar 202421.9%
Feb 202420.8%
Jan 202426.3%
Dec 202326.8%
Nov 202323.3%
Oct 202324.7%
Sep 202326.3%
Aug 202327.5%
Jul 202325.4%
Jun 202325.1%
May 202325.8%
Apr 202327.5%
Mar 202325.0%
Feb 202325.1%
Jan 202330.8%
Dec 202231.3%
Nov 202226.9%
Oct 202227.5%
Sep 202229.8%
Aug 202230.5%
Jul 202228.0%
Jun 202227.5%
May 202226.0%
Apr 202228.4%
Mar 202224.8%
Feb 202224.0%
Jan 202229.9%
Dec 202129.0%
Nov 202125.0%
Oct 202125.0%
Sep 202126.1%
Aug 202127.1%
Jul 202123.5%
Jun 202122.4%
May 202122.3%
Apr 202124.0%
Mar 202124.3%
Feb 202128.5%
Jan 202133.3%
Dec 202029.2%
Nov 202027.5%
Oct 202029.2%
Sep 202033.0%
Aug 202038.1%
Jul 202039.6%
Jun 202047.8%
May 202058.5%
Apr 202055.7%
Mar 202010.2%
Feb 20202.8%
Jan 20204.4%
Dec 20194.2%
Nov 20193.0%
Oct 20193.2%
Sep 20193.8%
Aug 20194.3%
Jul 20193.5%
Jun 20193.8%
May 20194.1%
Apr 20193.6%
Mar 20192.5%
Feb 20192.3%
Jan 20193.6%
Dec 20183.3%
Nov 20182.4%
Oct 20182.3%
Sep 20182.7%
Aug 20183.1%
Jul 20182.8%
Jun 20182.9%
May 20182.7%
Apr 20182.5%
Mar 20182.1%
Feb 20181.6%
Jan 20182.3%
Dec 20172.2%
Nov 20171.7%
Oct 20171.7%
Sep 20172.0%
Aug 20172.2%
Jul 20171.8%
Jun 20171.9%
May 20171.9%
Apr 20171.8%
Mar 20171.1%
Feb 20171.0%
Jan 20171.7%
Dec 20161.7%
Nov 20161.1%
Oct 20161.1%
Sep 20161.5%
Aug 20161.7%
Jul 20161.4%
Jun 20161.5%
May 20161.4%
Apr 20161.8%
Mar 20161.7%
Feb 20161.3%
Jan 20162.1%
Dec 20152.2%
Nov 20151.6%
Oct 20151.7%
Sep 20151.9%
Aug 20152.2%
Jul 20151.8%
Jun 20151.8%
May 20151.8%
Apr 20152.0%
Mar 20151.5%
Feb 20151.5%
Jan 20152.4%
Dec 20142.0%
Nov 20141.2%
Oct 20141.3%
Sep 20141.5%
Aug 20141.9%
Jul 20141.7%
Jun 20142.0%
May 20142.4%
Apr 20142.2%
Mar 20141.6%
Feb 20141.3%
Jan 20141.8%
Dec 20131.3%
Nov 20130.8%
Oct 20130.7%
Sep 20130.9%
Aug 20131.1%
Jul 20130.9%
Jun 20130.9%
May 20131.0%
Apr 20131.1%
Mar 20131.1%
Feb 20130.9%
Jan 20131.3%
Dec 20121.1%
Nov 20120.7%
Oct 20120.6%
Sep 20120.8%
Aug 20121.0%
Jul 20120.9%
Jun 20121.3%
May 20120.8%
Apr 20121.0%
Mar 20120.7%
Feb 20120.9%
Jan 20121.5%
Dec 20111.4%
Nov 20111.1%
Oct 20111.3%
Sep 20111.7%
Aug 20112.0%
Jul 20111.8%
Jun 20112.1%
May 20112.7%
Apr 20112.6%
Mar 20111.9%
Feb 20111.5%
Jan 20112.2%
Dec 20102.0%
Nov 20101.1%
Oct 20101.0%
Sep 20101.0%
Aug 20101.1%
Jul 20100.7%
Jun 20100.7%
May 20100.7%
Apr 20100.8%
Mar 20100.7%
Feb 20100.7%
Jan 20101.5%
Dec 20091.1%
Nov 20090.6%
Oct 20090.5%
Sep 20090.7%
Aug 20090.9%
Jul 20090.9%
Jun 20090.8%
May 20090.8%
Apr 20090.8%
Mar 20090.6%
Feb 20090.9%
Jan 20091.4%
Dec 20081.4%
Nov 20081.2%
Oct 20081.4%
Sep 20081.6%
Aug 20082.5%
Jul 20082.6%
Jun 20082.4%
May 20082.8%
Apr 20082.9%
Mar 20083.1%
Feb 20087.4%
Jan 200814.1%
Dec 200717.0%
Nov 200717.0%
Oct 200720.2%
Sep 200724.0%
Aug 200728.6%
Jul 200729.0%
Jun 200731.2%
May 200732.7%
Apr 200735.9%
Mar 200734.7%
Feb 200737.8%
Jan 200745.1%
Dec 200646.7%
Nov 200643.7%
Oct 200645.3%
Sep 200645.3%
Aug 200647.7%
Jul 200646.0%
Jun 200646.1%
May 200648.0%
Apr 200650.6%
Mar 200648.8%
Feb 200649.0%
Jan 200654.8%

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Verification

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:19 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:19 UTC; 248 of 248 figures matched the live source.

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PassProvenance recordedNHS England; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:16:14Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures248 of 248 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers248 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure248 of 248 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassNHS England file is currentlatest month 2026-08 ended 62 days before retrieval (limit 100), from Monthly-Diagnostics-Timeseries-August-2026_FT0CD.xls
PassEach month's provider file agrees5 of 5 figures match the Total row of Monthly-Diagnostics-Web-File-Provider-April-2026.xls, Monthly-Diagnostics-Provider-May-2026_8BN1G.xls, Monthly-Diagnostics-Provider-June-2026_P1BDL.xls, Monthly-Diagnostics-Provider-July-2026_5WSGC.xls, Monthly-Diagnostics-Provider-August-2026_FT0CD.xls
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Notes

  • Patients waiting at the end of each month for one of the key diagnostic tests NHS England counts, such as MRI, CT, ultrasound, endoscopy and audiology, by the providers that will carry them out. The operational standard is that no more than 1% wait six weeks or more.
  • NHS England revises earlier months once a year, so recent figures can change.