Waiting times by specialty
Cardiology waiting times in England
At the end of June 2026, 373,459 people were on the England cardiology waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (68%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.
NHS England reports this service as Cardiology Service. Medical heart care, including clinics, monitoring and non-surgical procedures. It commonly includes chest pain and palpitations clinics, heart rhythm services, heart failure clinics.
- People waiting
- 373,459
- End of June 2026
- Under 18 weeks
- 68.2%
- Share of this published list
- Over 52 weeks
- 2,915
- Share of all NHS waits
- 5.2%
- of 7,178,718 total
2,915 people (0.8%, roughly 1 in 125) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.
How this has changed
Between July 2025 and June 2026 the share of people on the England cardiology list waiting under 18 weeks improved by 6.6 percentage points (62% to 68%).
The number of organisations in our imported data changed from 136 to 144 over this period, so the total count partly reflects coverage. The percentage is a more reliable guide to the trend than the headcount.
Share waiting under 18 weeks: broadly unchanged over 3 months (69.3% in March 2026); up 5 points over 6 months (63.2% in December 2025).
Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month
Improving · +6.6 pointsPercentage of people seen within 18 weeks, over the last 12 published months.
View these figures as a table
| Month | Within 18 weeks |
|---|---|
| July 2025 | 61.6% |
| August 2025 | 61.1% |
| September 2025 | 62.4% |
| October 2025 | 62.7% |
| November 2025 | 62.9% |
| December 2025 | 63.2% |
| January 2026 | 63.9% |
| February 2026 | 65.8% |
| March 2026 | 69.3% |
| April 2026 | 68.4% |
| May 2026 | 68.3% |
| June 2026 | 68.2% |
Month-to-month movements of less than two percentage points are treated as normal variation rather than a real change in direction.
Month-by-month figures
| Month | Waiting | Under 18 weeks | Over 52 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 389,777 | 61.6% | 6,991 |
| August 2025 | 388,137 | 61.1% | 6,979 |
| September 2025 | 389,813 | 62.4% | 6,936 |
| October 2025 | 388,897 | 62.7% | 6,573 |
| November 2025 | 384,970 | 62.9% | 5,557 |
| December 2025 | 388,079 | 63.2% | 5,029 |
| January 2026 | 385,038 | 63.9% | 4,595 |
| February 2026 | 382,774 | 65.8% | 4,159 |
| March 2026 | 375,773 | 69.3% | 2,892 |
| April 2026 | 378,687 | 68.4% | 2,915 |
| May 2026 | 379,784 | 68.3% | 2,865 |
| June 2026 | 373,459 | 68.2% | 2,915 |
How much hospitals differ
Across the 120 NHS trusts with data, the share waiting under 18 weeks ranges from 43% (Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust) to 98% (Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust) — a 55-point gap. These published figures do not predict when an individual patient will receive an appointment or treatment.
- 80% or more under 18 weeks31 trusts
- 65% to 79%49 trusts
- 50% to 64%35 trusts
- Under 50%5 trusts
A further 3 NHS-funded independent-sector and other providers reported 1,400 people waiting for this service. Their case mix can differ from an NHS trust's, so they are counted here but not ranked alongside trusts.
NHS trusts by published position
Trusts with at least 200 people on this list, most recent month, sorted by share waiting under 18 weeks. Small differences are not meaningful.
| Trust | Region | Waiting | Under 18 weeks | Over 52 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 1,607 | 98% | 0 |
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 3,162 | 97% | 0 |
| Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 714 | 97% | 0 |
| Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | London | 1,977 | 97% | 0 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 284 | 95% | 0 |
| Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust | West Midlands | 1,875 | 95% | 0 |
| East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust | East of England | 2,997 | 94% | 0 |
| South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust | West Midlands | 712 | 93% | 0 |
| United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | East Midlands | 1,092 | 93% | 0 |
| Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 1,050 | 93% | 0 |
| Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 832 | 90% | 0 |
| University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | West Midlands | 5,133 | 90% | 1 |
| East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | North West | 2,055 | 88% | 0 |
| The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,619 | 88% | 0 |
| Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 1,647 | 88% | 0 |
| Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 875 | 87% | 2 |
| The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | West Midlands | 1,907 | 86% | 0 |
| Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | West Midlands | 1,951 | 86% | 0 |
| Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | East Midlands | 1,243 | 85% | 6 |
| South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 2,313 | 85% | 0 |
| University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 777 | 85% | 5 |
| North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 693 | 85% | 0 |
| Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | South East | 2,798 | 84% | 1 |
| Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 2,386 | 83% | 1 |
| County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 1,473 | 82% | 0 |
| Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 3,315 | 82% | 1 |
| Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 1,390 | 82% | 1 |
| University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 3,868 | 82% | 0 |
| Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 1,924 | 81% | 1 |
| Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,799 | 81% | 2 |
| Croydon Health Services NHS Trust | London | 1,460 | 80% | 2 |
| Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 3,278 | 80% | 0 |
| George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust | West Midlands | 1,235 | 80% | 0 |
| West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 1,206 | 80% | 5 |
| Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 7,448 | 79% | 0 |
| Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 933 | 78% | 0 |
| Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | South East | 2,256 | 78% | 0 |
| Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | London | 4,429 | 78% | 2 |
| Airedale NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,699 | 77% | 0 |
| Whittington Health NHS Trust | London | 846 | 77% | 1 |
| The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 2,799 | 77% | 39 |
| West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | East of England | 4,664 | 77% | 0 |
| Barts Health NHS Trust | London | 8,612 | 76% | 1 |
| South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 2,177 | 76% | 28 |
| University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | West Midlands | 2,209 | 76% | 0 |
| Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 3,174 | 76% | 9 |
| East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 3,070 | 75% | 0 |
| University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 3,124 | 74% | 26 |
| Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 2,287 | 74% | 3 |
| North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 1,785 | 74% | 5 |
| Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | North West | 2,726 | 73% | 0 |
| Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 3,140 | 73% | 3 |
| The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | West Midlands | 2,822 | 72% | 0 |
| University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 3,754 | 72% | 32 |
| Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust | South East | 3,165 | 72% | 5 |
| Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 1,493 | 71% | 3 |
| Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 757 | 71% | 0 |
| Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | London | 1,364 | 70% | 1 |
| The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust | East of England | 3,939 | 70% | 13 |
| Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 3,961 | 70% | 5 |
| University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | London | 805 | 70% | 1 |
| Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust | London | 3,020 | 69% | 0 |
| King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | London | 5,080 | 69% | 30 |
| Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust | London | 2,149 | 69% | 0 |
| Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 3,770 | 69% | 7 |
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 1,427 | 69% | 2 |
| Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | London | 8,032 | 69% | 1 |
| North Bristol NHS Trust | South West | 2,384 | 69% | 0 |
| Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 2,507 | 68% | 2 |
| Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 5,128 | 68% | 0 |
| Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 1,073 | 68% | 15 |
| Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 1,088 | 68% | 1 |
| Somerset NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 2,706 | 68% | 8 |
| Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 2,898 | 68% | 1 |
| University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | East Midlands | 5,957 | 67% | 11 |
| Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust | East Midlands | 3,470 | 67% | 1 |
| Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 10,250 | 67% | 90 |
| East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | South East | 4,169 | 67% | 17 |
| London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | London | 5,279 | 66% | 16 |
| Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,133 | 65% | 0 |
| Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 1,866 | 64% | 22 |
| Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 1,960 | 64% | 17 |
| Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust | South West | 2,655 | 64% | 15 |
| Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 2,970 | 63% | 0 |
| St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | London | 5,851 | 63% | 108 |
| Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | London | 8,586 | 62% | 17 |
| Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 1,115 | 62% | 2 |
| Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust | London | 3,758 | 62% | 114 |
| Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 8,413 | 62% | 28 |
| University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust | West Midlands | 4,727 | 61% | 68 |
| Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 4,257 | 61% | 42 |
| Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 6,730 | 61% | 1 |
| York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 2,460 | 60% | 31 |
| Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | London | 10,922 | 60% | 122 |
| Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 2,190 | 60% | 28 |
| The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | West Midlands | 5,655 | 60% | 85 |
| North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 2,805 | 60% | 58 |
| Wye Valley NHS Trust | West Midlands | 1,867 | 59% | 23 |
| Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 3,730 | 59% | 76 |
| Bristol NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 4,586 | 59% | 17 |
| Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 223 | 58% | 0 |
| University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust | South West | 3,102 | 58% | 47 |
| University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 8,413 | 58% | 27 |
| Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 1,796 | 57% | 4 |
| Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 5,816 | 57% | 173 |
| Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 3,143 | 56% | 12 |
| Medway NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 3,215 | 53% | 11 |
| East Cheshire NHS Trust | North West | 1,428 | 53% | 22 |
| Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust | South East | 3,098 | 53% | 1 |
| North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 6,927 | 52% | 76 |
| Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 5,298 | 52% | 263 |
| East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 5,303 | 52% | 659 |
| Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 4,807 | 52% | 93 |
| Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 3,108 | 51% | 115 |
| James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 1,574 | 51% | 69 |
| Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | West Midlands | 5,153 | 49% | 18 |
| The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | London | 2,180 | 47% | 15 |
| Isle of Wight NHS Trust | South East | 900 | 47% | 0 |
| Bolton NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 3,214 | 47% | 16 |
| Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust | South East | 2,202 | 43% | 5 |
What this measure includes
- These figures cover consultant-led referral-to-treatment pathways where the patient was still waiting to start treatment at the end of the reporting month.
- People can be at different stages of an incomplete referral-to-treatment pathway. The figures do not show the stage of an individual patient's pathway.
- These published aggregate figures do not show the clinical priority of an individual referral.
Checking your own position
Published figures describe a whole list for one month. To work out how long you have been waiting, use the wait check. The team named on your appointment letter is the only source for your actual place on a list.
How to read a specialty figure
These are end-of-month counts of people on an incomplete consultant-led referral-to-treatment pathway. One specialty list holds referrals of different clinical priority and people at different stages, and the published figures do not separate them, so this is context rather than a forecast for any individual.
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.
Related guides on this site
- Work out how long you've waited
Explains how the 18-week measure is counted and what a published percentage represents.
- Your rights while you wait
Reference article on what the 18-week standard is and is not.
- What happens if the NHS misses the 18-week target
Background on what happens when the 18-week standard is not met.
- NHS patient choice explained
Background on the legal basis of NHS patient choice.
- How consultant triage works
Explains how clinical triage affects the spread of waits on one list.