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Hospital waits under 18 weeks, England

The share of pathways on England's referral to treatment waiting list that had waited 18 weeks or less at the end of each month, over ten years. The NHS constitution standard is 92%.

Waiting 18 weeks or less

65.2%

Aug 2026

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:43 UTC
Waiting 18 weeks or less
0%20%40%60%80%100%Aug 16Apr 18Dec 19Aug 21Apr 23Jan 25Aug 2665.2%

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

Data table

120 periods, newest first

PeriodWaiting 18 weeks or less
Aug 202665.2%
Jul 202665.3%
Jun 202665.8%
May 202665.6%
Apr 202664.9%
Mar 202665.3%
Feb 202662.5%
Jan 202661.4%
Dec 202561.5%
Nov 202561.6%
Oct 202561.7%
Sep 202561.7%
Aug 202561.0%
Jul 202561.2%
Jun 202561.5%
May 202560.9%
Apr 202559.7%
Mar 202559.8%
Feb 202559.2%
Jan 202558.9%
Dec 202458.9%
Nov 202459.2%
Oct 202458.9%
Sep 202458.5%
Aug 202458.3%
Jul 202458.8%
Jun 202458.9%
May 202459.1%
Apr 202458.2%
Mar 202457.2%
Jan 202457.0%
Dec 202356.6%
Nov 202358.3%
Oct 202358.2%
Sep 202357.6%
Aug 202358.0%
Jul 202358.6%
Jun 202359.2%
May 202359.5%
Apr 202358.3%
Mar 202358.6%
Feb 202358.5%
Jan 202358.3%
Dec 202258.0%
Nov 202260.1%
Oct 202260.2%
Sep 202259.4%
Aug 202260.8%
Jul 202261.0%
Jun 202262.2%
May 202263.5%
Apr 202261.7%
Mar 202262.2%
Feb 202262.2%
Jan 202262.4%
Dec 202163.9%
Nov 202165.5%
Oct 202165.6%
Sep 202166.5%
Aug 202167.6%
Jul 202168.3%
Jun 202168.7%
May 202167.4%
Apr 202164.6%
Mar 202164.4%
Feb 202164.5%
Jan 202166.2%
Dec 202067.8%
Nov 202068.2%
Oct 202065.4%
Sep 202060.6%
Aug 202053.6%
Jul 202046.8%
Jun 202052.0%
May 202062.2%
Apr 202071.3%
Mar 202079.7%
Feb 202083.2%
Jan 202083.5%
Dec 201983.7%
Nov 201984.4%
Oct 201984.7%
Sep 201984.8%
Aug 201985.0%
Jul 201985.8%
Jun 201986.3%
May 201986.9%
Apr 201986.5%
Mar 201986.7%
Feb 201987.0%
Jan 201986.7%
Dec 201886.6%
Nov 201887.3%
Oct 201887.1%
Sep 201886.7%
Aug 201887.3%
Jul 201887.8%
Jun 201887.8%
May 201888.1%
Apr 201887.6%
Mar 201887.2%
Feb 201887.9%
Jan 201888.2%
Dec 201788.2%
Nov 201789.5%
Oct 201789.3%
Sep 201789.1%
Aug 201789.4%
Jul 201789.9%
Jun 201790.3%
May 201790.4%
Apr 201789.9%
Mar 201790.3%
Feb 201790.0%
Jan 201790.0%
Dec 201689.7%
Nov 201690.5%
Oct 201690.4%
Sep 201690.6%
Aug 201690.9%

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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
30 October 2026, 11:42 UTC
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Verification

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:43 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:43 UTC; 120 of 120 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedNHS England; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-30T11:42:00Z; 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 60 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 4,667,554 of 7,158,164 waiting 18 weeks or less in 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.