NHS Waiting Times
Two free tools to explore NHS England's official waiting-times data. Filter by Integrated Care Board, hospital provider, specialty, and diagnostic modality. No login, no tracking. The month the figures come from is shown below.
How current is this?
RTT dataset: July 2026. DM01 dataset: July 2026. NHS England publishes each month's figures roughly 6–8 weeks after the reporting period ends, so a lag is normal.
Referral to Treatment for consultant-led elective care.
How long people are waiting for planned treatment across 36 ICBs. Pick an ICB to see providers and specialties, with median, 92nd-percentile, and 18-week / 52-week breach counts. Colour-coded against the 18-week constitutional standard.
Waits for MRI, CT, echo, endoscopy and 11 other diagnostic modalities.
How long people are waiting for diagnostics across 366 providers. Pick a provider to see all modalities, with 6-week / 13-week / 26-week breach counts. Colour-coded against the 6-week diagnostic standard.
RTT (Referral to Treatment) measures how long a patient waits from the day their GP or another clinician refers them, until they start their first definitive treatment. The NHS constitutional standard is that 92% of patients should be treated within 18 weeks.
DM01 measures waits for planned diagnostic tests — imaging (MRI, CT, ultrasound), physiological measurement (echo, sleep studies), and endoscopy. The operational standard is that no more than 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.
Both datasets are aggregate counts, not identifiable patient data. Figures are self-reported by trusts and validated by NHS England. Small counts (fewer than 5 patients) are sometimes suppressed for confidentiality.
