Referral to treatment (RTT) data for August 2026, published 8 October 2026 · Page updated 1 November 2026

Gynaecology waiting times

In August 2026, 586,582 pathways were waiting for consultant-led gynaecology care in England. 59.6% had waited under 18 weeks (standard 92%), the median wait so far was 14.2 weeks, and 12,885 had waited over a year. Waits vary widely between hospitals, as the table below shows.

Gynaecology covers the female reproductive system, for example heavy periods, endometriosis, fibroids, prolapse and menopause problems. These are referral to treatment figures: they count everyone waiting for consultant-led gynaecology care, from referral until treatment starts, whether or not they need an operation.

How long is the NHS waiting list for gynaecology?

Gynaecology: England, August 2026
Measure	England
Pathways waiting	586,582
Rank by size among specialties	4 of 18
Waited under 18 weeks	59.6%
Median weeks waited	14.2
92nd percentile weeks waited	42
Waited over 52 weeks	12,885 (2.2%)
Share with independent providers (WTUK calculation)	3.6%

Which NHS trusts have the shortest and longest median gynaecology waits?

Among NHS trusts with at least 1,000 pathways waiting. The median is how long half the people on that list had waited so far.

Shortest and longest median waits, NHS trusts
Shortest median	Weeks	Longest median	Weeks
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	7.4	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	21.7
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	8.2	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust	20.3
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	8.3	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust	20.2
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust	8.8	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	20.2
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust	9.1	Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	19.8

How long are gynaecology waits at each NHS trust?

NHS trusts with at least 50 pathways waiting, grouped by region and listed A to Z.

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

Which independent providers treat NHS gynaecology patients?

The largest 50 of 60 independent providers with at least 50 NHS pathways waiting. The full list is in the CSV download.

Independent providers: NHS Gynaecology waits, August 2026
Provider	Region	Waiting	% under 18 wks	Median wks
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford	London	1,067	71.8%	11.0
Spencer Private Hospitals Ltd	South East	1,004	64.7%	12.6
Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital	East of England	992	46.4%	20.7
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton	South East	907	66.4%	12.8
Three Shires Hospital	Midlands	807	64.3%	12.3
Beaumont Hospital	North West	758	66.4%	12.5
Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc)	South East	666	84.4%	8.9
Spire London East	London	655	28.4%	25.6
The One Health Group Plc	North East and Yorkshire	645	77.7%	8.7
Buckshaw Hospital	North West	624	69.9%	12.2
Fitzwilliam Hospital	East of England	614	62.9%	14.1
Woodthorpe Hospital	Midlands	546	62.3%	13.9
Fulwood Hall Hospital	North West	540	56.9%	15.7
Woodlands Hospital	North East and Yorkshire	504	75.6%	10.6
Cora Health Diagnostics (Formerly Healthshare Diagnostics)	South East	488	59.6%	15.5
Park Hospital	Midlands	455	51.0%	17.5
Mount Stuart Hospital	South West	450	63.1%	12.8
Woodland Hospital	Midlands	437	72.1%	12.8
Tees Valley Hospital	North East and Yorkshire	423	66.0%	8.0
Rivers Hospital	East of England	422	59.5%	9.8
Stourside Hospital	Midlands	413	54.7%	16.1
Springfield Hospital	East of England	384	63.8%	15.4
Spire Fylde Coast Hospital	North West	371	69.3%	8.9
St Hugh's Hospital	North East and Yorkshire	353	72.0%	10.9
The Yorkshire Clinic	North East and Yorkshire	340	72.9%	10.1
Lancaster House Consulting Diagnostics Surgical Ltd Hq	North West	334	83.5%	6.0
Benenden Hospital	South East	305	77.7%	9.2
Boston West Hospital	Midlands	281	64.8%	13.1
Epsomedical Group	South East	273	83.9%	9.4
Rowley Hall Hospital	Midlands	262	58.0%	14.4
Clementine Churchill Hospital	London	255	99.6%	5.9
Cavell Hospital	London	233	68.2%	9.5
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green	South West	228	77.6%	11.7
Manor Hospital	East of England	223	68.6%	8.3
Sulis Hospital Bath (Foxcote Avenue)	South West	210	85.7%	8.6
Thornbury Hospital	North East and Yorkshire	199	66.8%	11.9
Claremont Private Hospital	North East and Yorkshire	196	61.7%	14.2
Huddersfield Private Hospital	North East and Yorkshire	175	92.6%	4.8
Spire Parkway Hospital	Midlands	167	67.7%	7.4
Oaks Hospital	East of England	163	76.1%	9.1
Hendon Hospital	London	161	80.7%	6.8
North Downs Hospital	South East	154	66.2%	12.2
The Hamptons Hospital Ltd	East of England	150	90.7%	7.3
Beacon Park Hospital	Midlands	147	59.9%	13.4
Kims Hospital (Newnham Court)	South East	141	94.3%	6.3
Modality Llp	Midlands	138	89.9%	7.0
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes	South West	120	85.0%	8.5
Euxton Hall Hospital	North West	118	30.5%	23.7
Spire Alexandra Hospital	South East	115	93.0%	7.6
Spire Little Aston Hospital	Midlands	114	89.5%	7.0

How long are ultrasound and gynaecological cancer waits?

21.7% of people waiting for a non-obstetric ultrasound in England had waited six weeks or more in August 2026. In August 2026, 68.7% of 25,928 people referred with suspected gynaecological cancer were told they had cancer, or that it had been ruled out, within 28 days (standard 80%). See ultrasound waiting times.

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.

Frequently asked questions

Does gynaecology include maternity care?

No. Pregnancy and maternity care is not part of the referral to treatment statistics, and the 18-week right does not apply to it.

What is the average wait for gynaecology on the NHS?

In August 2026, the median time waited so far was 14.2 weeks in England, and 59.6% had waited under 18 weeks. This is how long people on the list had waited at the end of the month, not a prediction.

Why is my hospital not listed?

The table shows trusts with at least 50 pathways waiting in this specialty. Some trusts record this work under a different specialty or did not submit data this month. Check the trust pages.

Can I ask to be referred somewhere else?

In England you can usually choose where you are referred for your first appointment. If you are already waiting and are likely to wait over 18 weeks, ask the hospital or your integrated care board about alternatives.

How should I cite these figures?

Waiting Times UK, “Gynaecology waiting times”, NHS England RTT data for August 2026, https://waitingtimesuk.co.uk/waiting-times/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)
NHS England: Diagnostics waiting times (DM01)
NHS England: Cancer waiting times (provisional)

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