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Health Services: Waiting Lists

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 1 June 2026UIN 3430

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients waited (a) 18 weeks or less, (b) 18 weeks and 1 day, (c) 18 weeks and 2 days, (d) 18 weeks and 3 days, (e) 19 weeks, (f) 20 weeks and (g) 21 weeks from referral to treatment.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department does not hold data for the daily breakdown of waits. The table attached shows a breakdown in the proportion and number of waits for the weekly time periods requested, taken from the Referral to Treatment Waiting Times published statistics for March 2026. The full dataset is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/

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