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Hospital waiting list, England

The referral to treatment waiting list: pathways in England still waiting to start consultant-led hospital treatment at the end of each month, over ten years. One person can be on more than one pathway.

Waiting list (pathways)

7,158,164

Aug 2026

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 23:40 UTC
Waiting list (pathways)
02m4m6m8mAug 16Apr 18Dec 19Aug 21Apr 23Jan 25Aug 267.2m

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

Data table

120 periods, newest first

PeriodWaiting list (pathways)
Aug 20267,158,164
Jul 20267,131,685
Jun 20267,147,562
May 20267,153,655
Apr 20267,093,502
Mar 20267,014,835
Feb 20267,124,952
Jan 20267,155,958
Dec 20257,199,624
Nov 20257,159,010
Oct 20257,304,189
Sep 20257,296,893
Aug 20257,312,356
Jul 20257,299,023
Jun 20257,367,836
May 20257,355,950
Apr 20257,389,065
Mar 20257,418,598
Feb 20257,401,153
Jan 20257,427,669
Dec 20247,463,085
Nov 20247,479,867
Oct 20247,541,371
Sep 20247,571,549
Aug 20247,641,774
Jul 20247,623,081
Jun 20247,621,297
May 20247,601,650
Apr 20247,570,371
Mar 20247,538,830
Jan 20247,575,914
Dec 20237,607,585
Nov 20237,613,842
Oct 20237,703,867
Sep 20237,744,585
Aug 20237,745,784
Jul 20237,674,305
Jun 20237,574,649
May 20237,475,194
Apr 20237,415,352
Mar 20237,331,186
Feb 20237,217,871
Jan 20237,213,120
Dec 20227,008,252
Nov 20226,929,224
Oct 20226,955,458
Sep 20227,075,007
Aug 20227,005,848
Jul 20226,840,558
Jun 20226,760,060
May 20226,638,075
Apr 20226,483,706
Mar 20226,365,772
Feb 20226,211,131
Jan 20226,127,993
Dec 20216,071,293
Nov 20216,001,676
Oct 20215,977,537
Sep 20215,834,995
Aug 20215,715,698
Jul 20215,607,574
Jun 20215,453,486
May 20215,305,425
Apr 20215,123,717
Mar 20214,950,297
Feb 20214,698,348
Jan 20214,592,675
Dec 20204,521,333
Nov 20204,460,712
Oct 20204,448,857
Sep 20204,354,884
Aug 20204,220,115
Jul 20204,046,707
Jun 20203,860,077
May 20203,846,003
Apr 20203,947,061
Mar 20204,235,970
Feb 20204,423,348
Jan 20204,415,694
Dec 20194,414,911
Nov 20194,413,478
Oct 20194,444,856
Sep 20194,416,883
Aug 20194,407,964
Jul 20194,372,568
Jun 20194,395,246
May 20194,385,693
Apr 20194,297,571
Mar 20194,233,414
Feb 20194,144,110
Jan 20194,172,662
Dec 20184,151,589
Nov 20184,154,046
Oct 20184,186,342
Sep 20184,134,701
Aug 20184,163,332
Jul 20184,135,261
Jun 20184,122,380
May 20184,089,937
Apr 20184,019,507
Mar 20183,852,414
Feb 20183,763,533
Jan 20183,730,473
Dec 20173,767,326
Nov 20173,722,600
Oct 20173,800,047
Sep 20173,833,300
Aug 20173,886,219
Jul 20173,851,074
Jun 20173,832,987
May 20173,811,039
Apr 20173,782,457
Mar 20173,734,833
Feb 20173,663,999
Jan 20173,615,335
Dec 20163,654,268
Nov 20163,721,165
Oct 20163,754,806
Sep 20163,702,580
Aug 20163,691,604

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Source and licence

Publisher
NHS England
Check it yourself
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
28 October 2026, 23:39 UTC
Raw files fetched

Verification

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 23:40 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 23:40 UTC; 120 of 120 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedNHS England; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T23:39:49Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures120 of 120 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers120 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure120 of 120 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 58 days before retrieval (limit 75), from RTT-Overview-Timeseries-Including-Estimates-for-Missing-Trusts-Aug26-XLS-139K-vjgRdG.xlsx
PassThe month's full CSV agrees1 of 1 figures match the England total of https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Full-CSV-data-file-Aug26-ZIP-3M-vjgRdG.zip (RTT-August-2026)
Not runSource page answershttps://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/ refuses automated requests (a bot challenge, HTTP 202); open it in a browser to compare

Notes

  • Incomplete pathways: referrals still waiting to start consultant-led treatment at the end of each month. One person can wait on more than one pathway, so these count waits, not people. These are the figures NHS England received. Its headline figures add estimates for trusts that did not report, so they are a little higher.