Referral to treatment (RTT) data for August 2026, published 8 October 2026 · Page updated 2 November 2026

Gynaecology waiting times: NHS trusts ranked

How long patients on the gynaecology waiting list had waited at each NHS trust in England at the end of August 2026, from NHS England referral to treatment (RTT) statistics. Gynaecology covers the female reproductive system, for example heavy periods, endometriosis, fibroids, prolapse and menopause problems. Trusts are ranked from the shortest median wait to the longest.

Past figures, not a promise. These are NHS England figures for patients who were already on the waiting list at the end of August 2026: how long they had waited so far. They are not a forecast or a guarantee of how long a new patient will wait, and waits can change quickly. Waiting Times UK is an independent website, not part of the NHS, and this is not medical advice.

Gynaecology: summary

At the end of August 2026, 117 NHS trusts in England had at least 20 pathways waiting for gynaecology. Their median waits so far ranged from 4.7 weeks at Oxleas to 21.7 weeks at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals; the England median was 14.2 weeks. 64 of the 117 trusts had a median at or below the England figure. The share waiting under 18 weeks ranged from 44.2% to 100.0% (England 59.6%); 2 trusts met the 92% standard. 18 trusts had no gynaecology pathways waiting over 52 weeks; the most was 894 at Mid and South Essex.

Which NHS trusts have the shortest gynaecology waits?

Select a column heading to sort, or filter by NHS England region. Each trust links to its own gynaecology page with the trend and nearby trusts. To put two to four trusts next to each other, use the side-by-side comparison.

Gynaecology: NHS trusts in England ranked by median wait, end of August 2026
Rank	Trust	Region	Median weeks waited	Under 18 weeks	92nd percentile weeks	Pathways waiting	Over 52 weeks	Over 52 weeks (% of list)
1	Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust	London	4.7	100.0%	9	246	0	0.0%
2	The Christie NHS Foundation Trust	North West	5.0	97.4%	12	38	0	0.0%
3	The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	London	7.4	91.8%	19	1,597	0	0.0%
4	Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	8.2	75.2%	33	3,022	3	0.1%
5	Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	London	8.3	86.8%	24	6,958	1	0.0%
6	Isle of Wight NHS Trust	South East	8.5	79.9%	26	792	0	0.0%
7	Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust	South East	8.8	74.8%	34	3,745	8	0.2%
8	Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust	Midlands	9.0	86.5%	26	74	0	0.0%
9	Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	9.1	71.8%	31	1,488	0	0.0%
10	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	9.2	82.1%	24	3,953	35	0.9%
11	Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust	Midlands	9.3	78.5%	30	2,418	0	0.0%
=12	Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	London	9.5	74.0%	29	4,302	3	0.1%
=12	Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust	London	9.5	73.2%	33	7,051	1	0.0%
14	South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	9.6	79.6%	24	3,534	0	0.0%
15	Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	10.0	73.1%	33	3,113	0	0.0%
=16	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	10.2	77.6%	31	1,443	14	1.0%
=16	Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust	North West	10.2	75.3%	28	1,757	0	0.0%
18	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	10.5	71.8%	30	2,494	0	0.0%
19	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	10.6	79.2%	33	3,240	0	0.0%
20	Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust	South West	10.7	77.7%	27	3,313	1	0.0%
21	Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust	South East	10.8	78.3%	27	2,847	4	0.1%
=22	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	East of England	11.0	70.7%	40	3,223	65	2.0%
=22	West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	East of England	11.0	69.7%	37	2,127	0	0.0%
24	London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust	London	11.1	70.4%	34	6,279	51	0.8%
=25	Croydon Health Services NHS Trust	London	11.3	73.4%	34	3,939	73	1.9%
=25	Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	North West	11.3	68.6%	39	6,269	107	1.7%
27	George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust	Midlands	11.4	69.3%	35	1,930	6	0.3%
28	Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust	South West	11.8	69.7%	35	2,732	9	0.3%
29	Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	North West	12.0	65.1%	39	2,972	25	0.8%
=30	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	12.1	66.9%	39	2,060	34	1.7%
=30	Barts Health NHS Trust	London	12.1	64.7%	37	9,065	24	0.3%
32	East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust	East of England	12.2	67.8%	37	4,851	46	0.9%
=33	Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	12.3	68.0%	34	2,277	22	1.0%
=33	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	12.3	66.1%	38	7,133	27	0.4%
35	Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust	London	12.4	68.2%	34	4,259	10	0.2%
36	Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	South East	12.5	63.7%	42	4,359	125	2.9%
37	Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	North West	12.6	61.5%	44	2,755	84	3.0%
38	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	South West	12.7	63.1%	37	4,501	5	0.1%
=39	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	South West	12.8	66.5%	41	1,580	33	2.1%
=39	County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	12.8	63.0%	39	5,059	111	2.2%
=41	Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust	South East	12.9	64.9%	33	5,953	0	0.0%
=41	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	London	12.9	63.4%	38	7,809	55	0.7%
=41	South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	12.9	63.4%	39	2,980	22	0.7%
=41	University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust	North West	12.9	62.8%	41	2,750	72	2.6%
=41	Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	South East	12.9	62.0%	40	3,513	1	0.0%
=46	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North West	13.1	63.1%	42	1,807	18	1.0%
=46	Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North West	13.1	59.9%	44	2,518	70	2.8%
=48	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	13.3	63.2%	46	3,355	117	3.5%
=48	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	London	13.3	63.0%	37	9,328	50	0.5%
=48	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	North West	13.3	61.7%	38	3,078	11	0.4%
=48	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	South East	13.3	61.2%	47	7,101	339	4.8%
=52	North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust	North West	13.4	62.7%	38	3,867	53	1.4%
=52	Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust	London	13.4	62.5%	40	6,176	78	1.3%
=54	Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust	London	13.5	62.8%	42	8,675	171	2.0%
=54	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust	South West	13.5	61.5%	37	3,608	18	0.5%
56	Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust	South East	13.6	62.0%	39	2,366	23	1.0%
=57	The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust	Midlands	13.7	62.9%	34	4,294	0	0.0%
=57	South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	13.7	62.7%	39	3,387	25	0.7%
=57	Bristol NHS Foundation Trust	South West	13.7	61.1%	39	10,227	45	0.4%
=60	Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust	North West	13.8	59.4%	42	9,771	129	1.3%
=60	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	North East and Yorkshire	13.8	59.1%	42	10,121	62	0.6%
=62	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	North West	14.1	60.3%	40	7,278	143	2.0%
=62	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	South West	14.1	58.2%	44	5,505	128	2.3%
64	Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	14.2	59.5%	37	3,183	8	0.3%
65	Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust	South East	14.3	56.5%	44	5,374	144	2.7%
66	University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	14.4	58.4%	45	8,761	321	3.7%
67	Whittington Health NHS Trust	London	14.5	59.5%	41	3,189	25	0.8%
=68	Airedale NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	14.6	59.0%	37	1,666	1	0.1%
=68	Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North West	14.6	58.4%	43	2,799	62	2.2%
=70	University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	Midlands	14.8	59.4%	40	9,665	156	1.6%
=70	Medway NHS Foundation Trust	South East	14.8	58.2%	35	4,288	0	0.0%
=70	East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	14.8	56.8%	42	9,387	43	0.5%
=73	Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	14.9	59.9%	34	2,208	0	0.0%
=73	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust	North East and Yorkshire	14.9	57.4%	42	6,280	98	1.6%
=75	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust	Midlands	15.2	58.2%	45	5,824	167	2.9%
=75	Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	15.2	57.3%	41	6,448	26	0.4%
=75	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	15.2	57.0%	41	2,670	47	1.8%
=75	East Cheshire NHS Trust	North West	15.2	55.9%	46	2,322	95	4.1%
=75	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	15.2	55.6%	51	5,456	357	6.5%
80	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	Midlands	15.3	57.4%	36	5,654	0	0.0%
=81	Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust	Midlands	15.5	57.2%	37	5,266	11	0.2%
=81	The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	15.5	57.1%	39	3,544	7	0.2%
=81	The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	15.5	56.1%	45	3,952	127	3.2%
=84	Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust	South East	15.6	55.6%	44	4,595	128	2.8%
=84	Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	South West	15.6	55.5%	42	3,813	62	1.6%
86	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust	North West	15.7	56.3%	42	19,037	169	0.9%
87	Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	15.9	54.0%	46	5,028	192	3.8%
88	Somerset NHS Foundation Trust	South West	16.0	54.2%	43	4,117	100	2.4%
89	East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	South East	16.1	54.8%	43	5,205	115	2.2%
=90	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust	South East	16.3	54.3%	43	7,109	87	1.2%
=90	North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	16.3	54.0%	45	6,945	131	1.9%
92	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	London	16.4	52.9%	51	6,301	453	7.2%
93	West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	16.5	52.9%	50	3,154	202	6.4%
94	Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	South East	16.6	53.6%	41	3,965	18	0.5%
95	Wye Valley NHS Trust	Midlands	16.7	53.7%	43	2,225	32	1.4%
96	University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust	Midlands	16.8	52.2%	47	5,663	253	4.5%
97	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust	South East	17.0	52.0%	51	3,979	298	7.5%
98	North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	17.1	52.3%	44	3,084	88	2.9%
=99	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	London	17.4	51.3%	47	4,149	136	3.3%
=99	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust	South East	17.4	51.3%	49	11,242	620	5.5%
101	Bolton NHS Foundation Trust	North West	17.5	51.5%	47	3,334	106	3.2%
102	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	17.7	50.7%	48	4,691	237	5.1%
103	Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust	London	17.9	50.2%	51	6,255	433	6.9%
104	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Midlands	18.3	49.5%	47	6,889	271	3.9%
105	Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	London	18.4	49.1%	47	7,564	189	2.5%
106	Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust	South East	18.5	48.6%	43	3,717	32	0.9%
=107	University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust	South West	18.6	49.0%	48	7,061	238	3.4%
=107	York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	18.6	49.0%	42	3,637	17	0.5%
=109	Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	19.1	47.8%	50	14,350	894	6.2%
=109	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust	North West	19.1	47.5%	53	10,229	831	8.1%
111	North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	19.6	46.4%	50	3,781	180	4.8%
112	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	North East and Yorkshire	19.7	46.6%	51	7,065	494	7.0%
113	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	19.8	45.8%	45	4,362	126	2.9%
=114	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	20.2	45.9%	40	8,831	1	0.0%
=114	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	Midlands	20.2	45.6%	53	7,024	576	8.2%
116	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust	Midlands	20.3	44.9%	48	6,107	281	4.6%
117	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North West	21.7	44.2%	59	3,014	383	12.7%

Rank 1 is the shortest median wait; “=” marks a tie. Only NHS trusts with at least 20 gynaecology pathways waiting and a published median are ranked, the same rule as on each trust’s specialty page. Independent-sector providers that treat NHS patients are not ranked. England: median 14.2 weeks, 59.6% under 18 weeks, 586,582 pathways waiting, 12,885 over 52 weeks.

How do NHS England regions compare for gynaecology?

Gynaecology by NHS England region, end of August 2026
Region	Trusts ranked	Shortest median	Region: under 18 weeks	Region: pathways waiting
London	18	Oxleas (4.7 weeks)	64.5%	105,728
South East	17	Isle of Wight (8.5 weeks)	59.1%	84,515
South West	10	Royal United Hospitals Bath (10.7 weeks)	60.3%	47,669
Midlands	21	Shropshire Community Health (9.0 weeks)	55.9%	106,704
East of England	13	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn (10.2 weeks)	56.9%	72,197
North West	18	The Christie (5.0 weeks)	58.4%	88,458
North East and Yorkshire	20	Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (8.2 weeks)	61.9%	81,311

The last two columns are a Waiting Times UK calculation: we add up NHS England’s figures for every NHS and independent provider in the region with this specialty. Medians cannot be added up, so the region columns show the share under 18 weeks rather than a median.

What do these measures mean?

Median weeks waited: half the pathways on the list had waited this long or less so far, at the end of the month.
Under 18 weeks: the share of the list that had waited less than 18 weeks (the NHS standard is 92%). Pathways with an unknown start date are left out, as NHS England does.
92nd percentile: 92% of pathways had waited this many weeks or less.
Pathways waiting: the size of the list. A pathway is one patient’s wait for one specialty; a person can be on more than one list.
Over 52 weeks: pathways that had waited more than a year.

NHS England publishes these figures for each trust as a whole, not for each hospital. A trust can run several hospitals, so the site you are treated at may have a different wait. A trust is shown for a specialty only if at least 20 pathways were waiting. Specialist trusts, and trusts that take complex referrals from elsewhere, are not like for like with general hospitals.

Can I choose a hospital with a shorter wait?

In England you have a legal right to start consultant-led, non-urgent treatment within 18 weeks of referral, with some exceptions, and you can usually choose where you are referred for a first outpatient appointment. Each hospital has a Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) that can help with questions about your wait. Your waiting time rights explained.

Not medical advice. If your symptoms change or get worse while you wait, contact your GP or the team treating you. If it is not an emergency, NHS 111 online or calling 111 can tell you where to go, including urgent treatment centres, which often have shorter waits. Call 999 or go to A&E for life-threatening emergencies such as chest pain, difficulty breathing, severe bleeding or signs of a stroke.

More comparisons

Rankings for other specialties

How should I cite these figures?

Waiting Times UK, “Gynaecology waiting times: NHS trusts ranked”, NHS England RTT data for August 2026, https://waitingtimesuk.co.uk/compare/specialty/gynaecology (accessed [date]). Where possible, cite the official publisher too.

Who wrote this page and where do the figures come from?

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NHS England: Referral to treatment waiting times (August 2026, published 8 October 2026)

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