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

Oral surgery waiting times: NHS trusts ranked

How long patients on the oral surgery waiting list had waited at each NHS trust in England at the end of August 2026, from NHS England referral to treatment (RTT) statistics. Oral surgery covers the mouth and jaw, for example wisdom teeth and other hospital dental surgery. 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.

Oral surgery: summary

At the end of August 2026, 107 NHS trusts in England had at least 20 pathways waiting for oral surgery. Their median waits so far ranged from 3.3 weeks at Stockport to 28.3 weeks at Mid and South Essex; the England median was 16.4 weeks. 52 of the 107 trusts had a median at or below the England figure. The share waiting under 18 weeks ranged from 25.9% to 100.0% (England 53.8%); 1 trust met the 92% standard. 22 trusts had no oral surgery pathways waiting over 52 weeks; the most was 1,016 at Mid and South Essex.

Which NHS trusts have the shortest oral surgery waits?

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

Oral surgery: 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	Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	North West	3.3	100.0%	7	81	0	0.0%
2	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust	London	7.5	82.4%	27	102	0	0.0%
=3	Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	London	8.0	82.6%	24	5,814	1	0.0%
=3	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	8.0	78.3%	38	471	8	1.7%
=3	Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	8.0	72.7%	43	44	0	0.0%
6	Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust	London	8.8	79.6%	29	2,335	9	0.4%
7	Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust	South East	9.3	85.8%	22	500	0	0.0%
8	Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust	London	9.5	81.2%	24	671	0	0.0%
9	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust	South West	9.7	75.7%	31	2,453	3	0.1%
=10	North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	9.8	78.7%	26	945	1	0.1%
=10	Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust	North West	9.8	71.6%	31	772	0	0.0%
12	Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust	South East	9.9	73.3%	34	1,170	0	0.0%
13	Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	London	10.1	69.5%	33	1,977	10	0.5%
14	Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	10.4	78.9%	28	6,357	0	0.0%
15	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	North East and Yorkshire	10.7	72.9%	31	2,143	18	0.8%
16	University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	10.9	72.3%	33	2,364	28	1.2%
17	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	North West	11.1	62.6%	42	3,537	10	0.3%
18	Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust	North East and Yorkshire	11.2	70.5%	33	3,455	10	0.3%
19	Whittington Health NHS Trust	London	11.3	70.2%	34	131	0	0.0%
20	Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	11.6	63.2%	41	1,021	30	2.9%
=21	University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	London	11.7	69.9%	33	7,435	3	0.0%
=21	South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	11.7	68.9%	31	5,032	0	0.0%
23	Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust	London	12.2	76.4%	26	855	0	0.0%
24	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	12.3	63.9%	43	1,655	43	2.6%
=25	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	12.4	67.6%	30	2,168	0	0.0%
=25	Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust	London	12.4	65.9%	33	2,057	18	0.9%
27	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	South West	12.6	66.1%	37	2,930	9	0.3%
28	Barts Health NHS Trust	London	12.8	62.8%	42	3,568	74	2.1%
29	Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North West	12.9	63.5%	39	1,492	39	2.6%
=30	Bristol NHS Foundation Trust	South West	13.2	65.4%	35	2,465	3	0.1%
=30	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	13.2	62.2%	45	1,008	29	2.9%
=30	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust	Midlands	13.2	60.7%	41	3,223	54	1.7%
33	Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	13.5	59.0%	40	2,103	5	0.2%
34	Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	13.6	61.6%	38	897	0	0.0%
35	Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust	Midlands	13.7	63.2%	33	310	0	0.0%
=36	Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	13.8	60.8%	39	1,607	1	0.1%
=36	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	London	13.8	60.0%	48	1,500	87	5.8%
=36	County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	13.8	59.9%	33	780	1	0.1%
=39	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	14.2	64.5%	34	1,584	0	0.0%
=39	University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust	North West	14.2	61.0%	39	2,393	30	1.3%
=41	Airedale NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	14.7	63.8%	40	417	0	0.0%
=41	Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust	Midlands	14.7	60.1%	34	2,439	0	0.0%
=41	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	London	14.7	58.4%	41	8,865	105	1.2%
44	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	South West	14.8	59.1%	32	3,568	1	0.0%
45	Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust	South West	14.9	60.4%	35	2,091	0	0.0%
46	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	North West	15.5	56.1%	43	2,256	16	0.7%
=47	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	London	15.6	57.0%	38	5,055	6	0.1%
=47	University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust	South West	15.6	56.2%	41	3,035	1	0.0%
49	Isle of Wight NHS Trust	South East	15.7	55.4%	43	552	0	0.0%
50	Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	North West	15.8	54.8%	44	2,511	59	2.3%
51	Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	16.0	54.9%	44	1,288	22	1.7%
52	Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	South East	16.1	55.3%	41	7,575	67	0.9%
53	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	South West	16.6	52.8%	43	1,708	26	1.5%
54	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	16.7	53.7%	37	1,562	17	1.1%
55	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	16.9	52.2%	45	962	16	1.7%
=56	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust	North West	17.1	52.4%	43	15,505	300	1.9%
=56	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North West	17.1	51.7%	42	4,705	47	1.0%
58	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	17.3	51.7%	42	2,035	3	0.1%
59	West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	East of England	17.4	52.2%	45	2,842	71	2.5%
60	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust	South East	17.5	51.9%	44	2,363	90	3.8%
=61	Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust	South West	17.6	51.1%	39	2,998	18	0.6%
=61	East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	South East	17.6	51.0%	40	1,831	3	0.2%
=61	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North West	17.6	50.8%	46	4,070	87	2.1%
=64	The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	London	17.7	51.4%	32	2,185	0	0.0%
=64	Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	South East	17.7	50.8%	45	1,887	70	3.7%
=64	Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	South East	17.7	50.5%	43	1,815	37	2.0%
=67	The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	East of England	17.9	50.5%	45	1,615	51	3.2%
=67	North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	17.9	50.3%	44	2,819	14	0.5%
69	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	North East and Yorkshire	18.0	49.9%	45	2,410	70	2.9%
70	University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust	Midlands	18.2	49.5%	49	4,215	205	4.9%
71	Bolton NHS Foundation Trust	North West	18.3	49.1%	44	2,268	26	1.1%
=72	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Midlands	18.7	48.4%	50	2,962	142	4.8%
=72	Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	18.7	47.8%	42	2,557	12	0.5%
74	The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	18.8	48.2%	42	2,432	0	0.0%
75	York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	18.9	48.2%	46	4,098	133	3.2%
76	Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	South East	19.0	45.4%	50	4,671	307	6.6%
=77	Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust	South East	19.1	47.6%	45	4,051	42	1.0%
=77	Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	North West	19.1	47.3%	45	2,073	2	0.1%
=77	East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	19.1	47.2%	44	3,960	1	0.0%
80	Wye Valley NHS Trust	Midlands	19.2	46.3%	42	867	9	1.0%
81	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	19.3	47.3%	45	2,349	18	0.8%
82	Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust	Midlands	19.6	47.1%	40	1,043	16	1.5%
83	London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust	London	19.7	46.3%	40	8,202	3	0.0%
84	Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust	North West	19.8	46.0%	50	1,884	110	5.8%
85	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	South East	20.2	45.4%	47	3,128	120	3.8%
=86	East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust	East of England	20.4	46.4%	50	1,162	71	6.1%
=86	University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	Midlands	20.4	45.1%	49	6,796	330	4.9%
88	The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust	Midlands	20.5	43.5%	42	2,330	0	0.0%
89	Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	20.6	44.1%	47	1,412	59	4.2%
90	Croydon Health Services NHS Trust	London	20.7	43.2%	48	2,950	153	5.2%
91	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	20.9	44.4%	47	3,635	93	2.6%
92	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	North West	21.0	43.7%	43	2,098	16	0.8%
93	Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	London	21.3	43.2%	47	2,100	55	2.6%
94	Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	South West	22.0	42.3%	46	3,029	87	2.9%
95	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	22.4	42.5%	48	7,264	308	4.2%
=96	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust	South East	22.6	42.8%	53	8,706	748	8.6%
=96	The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust	North East and Yorkshire	22.6	42.4%	48	2,102	44	2.1%
=96	Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust	South East	22.6	39.9%	49	2,778	132	4.8%
99	Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust	South East	22.9	41.7%	56	4,285	462	10.8%
100	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust	Midlands	23.3	38.7%	50	4,281	253	5.9%
101	South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust	Midlands	23.4	39.2%	47	1,310	31	2.4%
102	Somerset NHS Foundation Trust	South West	23.9	36.9%	54	3,449	312	9.0%
103	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	Midlands	24.8	36.5%	49	3,868	167	4.3%
104	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	Midlands	25.4	32.8%	49	2,222	45	2.0%
=105	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust	South East	25.8	35.9%	51	4,421	271	6.1%
=105	George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust	Midlands	25.8	25.9%	41	905	4	0.4%
107	Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust	East of England	28.3	32.7%	61	7,023	1,016	14.5%

Rank 1 is the shortest median wait; “=” marks a tie. Only NHS trusts with at least 20 oral surgery 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 16.4 weeks, 53.8% under 18 weeks, 316,357 pathways waiting, 7,544 over 52 weeks.

How do NHS England regions compare for oral surgery?

Oral surgery by NHS England region, end of August 2026
Region	Trusts ranked	Shortest median	Region: under 18 weeks	Region: pathways waiting
London	17	The Royal Marsden (7.5 weeks)	61.4%	55,802
South East	15	Royal Berkshire (9.3 weeks)	47.4%	54,952
South West	10	Royal Cornwall Hospitals (9.7 weeks)	57.8%	32,668
Midlands	21	Birmingham Community Healthcare (10.4 weeks)	51.4%	57,837
East of England	12	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn (8.0 weeks)	45.4%	34,970
North West	14	Stockport (3.3 weeks)	53.4%	45,645
North East and Yorkshire	18	Sheffield Children's (8.0 weeks)	60.9%	34,483

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.

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Rankings for other specialties

How should I cite these figures?

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

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

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