Median wait for planned treatment at the nearest major hospital, every council ranked
How long the middle patient still waiting for planned treatment in any specialty had waited, at the trust running the major hospital nearest to where people here live. It is the trust’s figure, not one for the council. A GP can refer elsewhere. Figures for July 2026, published for 296 councils in England. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland and Tameside, 8.8 wks. The council in the middle: Waltham Forest, 12.4 wks. Joint highest: 5 councils, 18.1 wks.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 8.8 wks |
| 1 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 8.8 wks |
| 1 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 8.8 wks |
| 1 joint | TamesideNorth West | 8.8 wks |
| 5 | Isles of ScillySouth West | 8.9 wks |
| 6 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 9 wks |
| 6 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 9 wks |
| 6 joint | PendleNorth West | 9 wks |
| 9 | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 9.1 wks |
| 10 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 9.2 wks |
| 10 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 9.2 wks |
| 12 | CornwallSouth West | 9.4 wks |
| 13 | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 9.5 wks |
| 14 | ReadingSouth East | 9.6 wks |
| 15 | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 9.7 wks |
| 16 joint | HackneyLondon | 9.9 wks |
| 16 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 9.9 wks |
| 18 | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 10 wks |
| 19 | WalsallWest Midlands | 10.2 wks |
| 20 | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 10.3 wks |
| 21 joint | BristolSouth West | 10.5 wks |
| 21 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 10.5 wks |
| 21 joint | LancasterNorth West | 10.5 wks |
| 21 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 10.5 wks |
| 25 | South GloucestershireSouth West | 10.6 wks |
| 26 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 10.7 wks |
| 26 joint | HastingsSouth East | 10.7 wks |
| 26 joint | RotherSouth East | 10.7 wks |
| 26 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 10.7 wks |
| 26 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 10.7 wks |
| 31 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 10.8 wks |
| 31 joint | CroydonLondon | 10.8 wks |
| 31 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 10.8 wks |
| 31 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 10.8 wks |
| 31 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 10.8 wks |
| 31 joint | StroudSouth West | 10.8 wks |
| 31 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 10.8 wks |
| 38 | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 10.9 wks |
| 39 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 11 wks |
| 39 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 11 wks |
| 39 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 11 wks |
| 39 joint | HaringeyLondon | 11 wks |
| 39 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 11 wks |
| 44 | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 11.1 wks |
| 45 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 11.2 wks |
| 45 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 11.2 wks |
| 45 joint | WestminsterLondon | 11.2 wks |
| 48 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 11.3 wks |
| 48 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 11.3 wks |
| 48 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 11.3 wks |
| 48 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 11.3 wks |
| 48 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 11.3 wks |
| 53 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 11.4 wks |
| 53 joint | HaveringLondon | 11.4 wks |
| 53 joint | IslingtonLondon | 11.4 wks |
| 53 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 11.4 wks |
| 53 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 11.4 wks |
| 53 joint | SomersetSouth West | 11.4 wks |
| 53 joint | SuttonLondon | 11.4 wks |
| 60 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 11.5 wks |
| 60 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 11.5 wks |
| 60 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 11.5 wks |
| 60 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 11.5 wks |
| 60 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 11.5 wks |
| 65 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 11.6 wks |
| 65 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 11.6 wks |
| 65 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 11.6 wks |
| 65 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 11.6 wks |
| 65 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 11.6 wks |
| 65 joint | LambethLondon | 11.6 wks |
| 65 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 11.6 wks |
| 65 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 11.6 wks |
| 73 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 11.7 wks |
| 73 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 11.7 wks |
| 73 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 11.7 wks |
| 73 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 11.7 wks |
| 73 joint | WatfordEast of England | 11.7 wks |
| 78 joint | BromleyLondon | 11.8 wks |
| 78 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 11.8 wks |
| 78 joint | EastleighSouth East | 11.8 wks |
| 78 joint | HarlowEast of England | 11.8 wks |
| 78 joint | New ForestSouth East | 11.8 wks |
| 78 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 11.8 wks |
| 78 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 11.8 wks |
| 78 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 11.8 wks |
| 78 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 11.8 wks |
| 78 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 11.8 wks |
| 78 joint | StevenageEast of England | 11.8 wks |
| 78 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 11.8 wks |
| 90 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 11.9 wks |
| 90 joint | EalingLondon | 11.9 wks |
| 90 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 11.9 wks |
| 90 joint | MertonLondon | 11.9 wks |
| 90 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 11.9 wks |
| 90 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 11.9 wks |
| 90 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 11.9 wks |
| 90 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 11.9 wks |
| 90 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 11.9 wks |
| 90 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 11.9 wks |
| 90 joint | WealdenSouth East | 11.9 wks |
| 101 joint | BrentLondon | 12 wks |
| 101 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 12 wks |
| 101 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 12 wks |
| 101 joint | HarrowLondon | 12 wks |
| 101 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 12 wks |
| 101 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 12 wks |
| 101 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 12 wks |
| 101 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 12 wks |
| 101 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 12 wks |
| 101 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 12 wks |
| 101 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 12 wks |
| 101 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 12 wks |
| 113 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 12.1 wks |
| 113 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 12.1 wks |
| 113 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 12.1 wks |
| 113 joint | WandsworthLondon | 12.1 wks |
| 113 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 12.1 wks |
| 118 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 12.2 wks |
| 118 joint | East DevonSouth West | 12.2 wks |
| 118 joint | HaltonNorth West | 12.2 wks |
| 118 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 12.2 wks |
| 122 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 12.3 wks |
| 122 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 12.3 wks |
| 122 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 12.3 wks |
| 122 joint | HounslowLondon | 12.3 wks |
| 122 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 12.3 wks |
| 122 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 12.3 wks |
| 122 joint | NewhamLondon | 12.3 wks |
| 122 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 12.3 wks |
| 122 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 12.3 wks |
| 122 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 12.3 wks |
| 122 joint | WirralNorth West | 12.3 wks |
| 133 joint | City of LondonLondon | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | CrawleySouth East | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | ExeterSouth West | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | GreenwichLondon | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | HillingdonLondon | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | LewishamLondon | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | North DevonSouth West | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | South HamsSouth West | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | TorbaySouth West | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | West DevonSouth West | 12.4 wks |
| 133 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 12.4 wks |
| 152 joint | CamdenLondon | 12.5 wks |
| 152 joint | DacorumEast of England | 12.5 wks |
| 152 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 12.5 wks |
| 152 joint | FarehamSouth East | 12.5 wks |
| 152 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 12.5 wks |
| 152 joint | WaverleySouth East | 12.5 wks |
| 152 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 12.5 wks |
| 159 joint | BarnetLondon | 12.6 wks |
| 159 joint | BexleyLondon | 12.6 wks |
| 159 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 12.6 wks |
| 159 joint | DorsetSouth West | 12.6 wks |
| 159 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 12.6 wks |
| 159 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 12.6 wks |
| 159 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 12.6 wks |
| 159 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 12.6 wks |
| 159 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 12.6 wks |
| 168 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 12.7 wks |
| 168 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 12.7 wks |
| 168 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 12.7 wks |
| 168 joint | HartSouth East | 12.7 wks |
| 168 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 12.7 wks |
| 168 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 12.7 wks |
| 168 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 12.7 wks |
| 168 joint | StockportNorth West | 12.7 wks |
| 176 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 12.8 wks |
| 176 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 12.8 wks |
| 176 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 12.8 wks |
| 176 joint | TraffordNorth West | 12.8 wks |
| 180 joint | CherwellSouth East | 12.9 wks |
| 180 joint | EnfieldLondon | 12.9 wks |
| 180 joint | GosportSouth East | 12.9 wks |
| 180 joint | HavantSouth East | 12.9 wks |
| 180 joint | OxfordSouth East | 12.9 wks |
| 180 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 12.9 wks |
| 180 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 12.9 wks |
| 180 joint | SeftonNorth West | 12.9 wks |
| 180 joint | SloughSouth East | 12.9 wks |
| 180 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 12.9 wks |
| 190 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 13 wks |
| 190 joint | FenlandEast of England | 13 wks |
| 190 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 13 wks |
| 190 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 13 wks |
| 190 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 13 wks |
| 190 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 13 wks |
| 190 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 13 wks |
| 190 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 13 wks |
| 198 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 13.1 wks |
| 198 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 13.1 wks |
| 200 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 13.2 wks |
| 200 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 13.2 wks |
| 200 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 13.2 wks |
| 200 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 13.2 wks |
| 200 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 13.2 wks |
| 200 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 13.2 wks |
| 200 joint | WokingSouth East | 13.2 wks |
| 200 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 13.2 wks |
| 208 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 13.3 wks |
| 208 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 13.3 wks |
| 208 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 13.3 wks |
| 208 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 13.3 wks |
| 208 joint | WiganNorth West | 13.3 wks |
| 213 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 13.4 wks |
| 213 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 13.4 wks |
| 213 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 13.4 wks |
| 213 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 13.4 wks |
| 213 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 13.4 wks |
| 213 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 13.4 wks |
| 213 joint | NorwichEast of England | 13.4 wks |
| 213 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 13.4 wks |
| 213 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 13.4 wks |
| 213 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 13.4 wks |
| 213 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 13.4 wks |
| 213 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 13.4 wks |
| 225 joint | BaberghEast of England | 13.5 wks |
| 225 joint | BoltonNorth West | 13.5 wks |
| 225 joint | DartfordSouth East | 13.5 wks |
| 225 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 13.5 wks |
| 225 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 13.5 wks |
| 225 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 13.5 wks |
| 231 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 13.6 wks |
| 231 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 13.6 wks |
| 231 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 13.6 wks |
| 231 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 13.6 wks |
| 231 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 13.6 wks |
| 231 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 13.6 wks |
| 231 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 13.6 wks |
| 231 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 13.6 wks |
| 231 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 13.6 wks |
| 240 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 13.7 wks |
| 240 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 13.7 wks |
| 240 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 13.7 wks |
| 243 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 13.8 wks |
| 243 joint | IpswichEast of England | 13.8 wks |
| 243 joint | TendringEast of England | 13.8 wks |
| 243 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 13.8 wks |
| 247 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 13.9 wks |
| 247 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 13.9 wks |
| 247 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 13.9 wks |
| 247 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 13.9 wks |
| 247 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 13.9 wks |
| 252 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 14 wks |
| 252 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 14 wks |
| 252 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 14 wks |
| 255 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 14.1 wks |
| 255 joint | SalfordNorth West | 14.1 wks |
| 257 joint | BedfordEast of England | 14.2 wks |
| 257 joint | LutonEast of England | 14.2 wks |
| 257 joint | PrestonNorth West | 14.2 wks |
| 257 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 14.2 wks |
| 257 joint | WyreNorth West | 14.2 wks |
| 262 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 14.3 wks |
| 262 joint | BuryNorth West | 14.3 wks |
| 262 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 14.3 wks |
| 262 joint | FyldeNorth West | 14.3 wks |
| 262 joint | OldhamNorth West | 14.3 wks |
| 262 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 14.3 wks |
| 262 joint | SwindonSouth West | 14.3 wks |
| 269 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 14.4 wks |
| 269 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 14.4 wks |
| 271 | Milton KeynesSouth East | 14.5 wks |
| 272 | MedwaySouth East | 14.6 wks |
| 273 | RochdaleNorth West | 14.7 wks |
| 274 joint | LewesSouth East | 14.8 wks |
| 274 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 14.8 wks |
| 276 | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 14.9 wks |
| 277 | Mid SussexSouth East | 15.2 wks |
| 278 | AshfordSouth East | 15.4 wks |
| 279 joint | CanterburySouth East | 15.5 wks |
| 279 joint | DoverSouth East | 15.5 wks |
| 279 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 15.5 wks |
| 279 joint | ThanetSouth East | 15.5 wks |
| 283 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 15.7 wks |
| 283 joint | SwaleSouth East | 15.7 wks |
| 285 | HorshamSouth East | 15.8 wks |
| 286 joint | AdurSouth East | 16.2 wks |
| 286 joint | ArunSouth East | 16.2 wks |
| 286 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 16.2 wks |
| 286 joint | WorthingSouth East | 16.2 wks |
| 290 | BraintreeEast of England | 16.7 wks |
| 291 | MaldonEast of England | 17.7 wks |
| 292 joint | BasildonEast of England | 18.1 wks |
| 292 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 18.1 wks |
| 292 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 18.1 wks |
| 292 joint | RochfordEast of England | 18.1 wks |
| 292 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 18.1 wks |
Not in this list
- Northern Ireland. Published for England only.
- Scotland. Published for England only.
- Wales. Published for England only.
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