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Dermatology waiting times at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 2,808 people were on the Dermatology at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (65%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Dermatology across England

People waiting
2,808
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
65.3%
England: 69%
Over 52 weeks
23
Median wait
12 wks
Published median for this list

23 people (0.8%, roughly 1 in 125) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is broadly in line with the England picture for this service.

Why this page exists

This page combines facts that neither the organisation page nor the England specialty page shows on its own: the current published figure for this one service at this one organisation; how that figure has moved over the months we hold; the England figure for the same service in the same month; other NHS trusts within 25 miles reporting the same service; the published median wait and 52-week count for this list; the other services this organisation reports. This service accounts for 3.5% of everyone waiting at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

Dermatology, NHS England Referral to Treatment figures, April 2024 to August 2026.

18-week performance broadly stable

Published 18-week performance for Dermatology at this organisation has been broadly stable over the past 12 months (a change of under 3 percentage points): 65.3% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 63.8% at the end of August 2025.

Share of people on the waiting list who had been waiting under 18 weeks, at the end of each month. Scale runs from 0% to 100%.
Latest · August 2026
65.3%
3 months earlier · May 2026
62.7% then · change to latest +2.7 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
63% then · change to latest +2.4 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
63.8% then · change to latest +1.5 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
45% then · change to latest +20.4 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202665.3%2,808
July 202664.7%2,777
June 202664%2,742
May 202662.7%2,699
April 202663.6%2,728
March 202664.5%2,643
February 202663%2,629
January 202663.8%2,697
December 202562.3%2,433
November 202563.7%2,455
October 202565.1%2,428
September 202564.1%2,387
August 202563.8%2,422
July 202568.1%2,419
June 202567.6%2,209
May 202564.6%2,285
April 202560.3%2,156
March 202560.7%2,017
February 202557.6%2,198
January 202555.1%2,269
December 202449.4%2,477
November 202451.5%2,445
October 202450%2,536
September 202451.6%2,661
August 202452.7%2,762
July 202453.5%2,666
June 202453.8%2,755
May 202447.7%2,964
April 202445%2,857
How we calculate change
  • Each month's figure is the number of people waiting under 18 weeks divided by everyone on the waiting list, from NHS England's published monthly files.
  • Changes compare the latest month with exactly 3, 6 and 12 months earlier, only where both months are published and the list has at least 50 people.
  • The 12-month label is "improved" or "deteriorated" only if the share moved by 3 percentage points or more; smaller moves are called "broadly stable".
  • Where NHS England reissued a month's file, we use the revised file. Months we do not have are left as gaps and never estimated.
  • Earlier months come from our archive of NHS England's published files and are checked against our current figures wherever both exist.

What these figures cannot tell you

  • These are whole-list figures for one specialty at one organisation. They describe the published waiting list, not how long any one person will wait.
  • This specialty covers many conditions and treatments. These figures are not specific to any one operation or condition.
  • Figures are published for the whole organisation, which may run several hospital sites. They do not show the position at any single site.
  • Patients are prioritised by clinical need, so people on the same list can wait very different times.
  • A higher share within 18 weeks is not a measure of the quality of care.

Other NHS trusts offering dermatology within 25 miles

Published figures only. These are whole-list figures for each organisation in one month; a different organisation's published position does not mean an individual referral would move faster there.

Alternative trusts for Dermatology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust1.7 mi4,14072%+6.4 pp
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust2.1 mi7,53175%+9.2 pp
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust2.2 mi9,03981%+15.8 pp
Whittington Health NHS Trust2.8 mi1,74839%-26.7 pp
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust2.9 mi450%-15.3 pp

What these figures cannot tell you

  • Where you are in a queue, or when you will be seen or treated.
  • How urgent your own referral is. These are aggregate waiting-list figures and do not show the clinical priority of an individual patient.
  • Anything about a specific consultant, clinic or site within a trust.
  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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