Waiting times by specialty
Gastroenterology waiting times in England
At the end of June 2026, 362,052 people were on the England gastroenterology waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (69%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.
NHS England reports this service as Gastroenterology Service. Medical care of the digestive system and liver. Endoscopy tests themselves are measured separately in the diagnostics data. It commonly includes bowel symptom clinics, inflammatory bowel disease, liver clinics, coeliac follow-up.
- People waiting
- 362,052
- End of June 2026
- Under 18 weeks
- 69.3%
- Share of this published list
- Over 52 weeks
- 3,214
- Share of all NHS waits
- 5%
- of 7,178,718 total
3,214 people (0.9%, roughly 1 in 111) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.
How this has changed
Between July 2025 and June 2026 the share of people on the England gastroenterology list waiting under 18 weeks improved by 4.8 percentage points (65% to 69%).
The number of organisations in our imported data changed from 212 to 233 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 (69.8% in March 2026); up 4.6 points over 6 months (64.7% in December 2025).
Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month
Improving · +4.8 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 | 64.5% |
| August 2025 | 64% |
| September 2025 | 65.1% |
| October 2025 | 65.3% |
| November 2025 | 64.8% |
| December 2025 | 64.7% |
| January 2026 | 64.8% |
| February 2026 | 65.9% |
| March 2026 | 69.8% |
| April 2026 | 69% |
| May 2026 | 69% |
| June 2026 | 69.3% |
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 | 375,775 | 64.5% | 6,489 |
| August 2025 | 378,334 | 64.0% | 6,975 |
| September 2025 | 380,312 | 65.1% | 6,636 |
| October 2025 | 383,164 | 65.3% | 6,298 |
| November 2025 | 376,024 | 64.8% | 5,843 |
| December 2025 | 381,906 | 64.7% | 5,132 |
| January 2026 | 383,697 | 64.8% | 4,758 |
| February 2026 | 379,573 | 65.9% | 3,995 |
| March 2026 | 366,951 | 69.8% | 2,925 |
| April 2026 | 372,204 | 69.0% | 3,191 |
| May 2026 | 370,698 | 69.0% | 3,353 |
| June 2026 | 362,052 | 69.3% | 3,214 |
How much hospitals differ
Across the 116 NHS trusts with data, the share waiting under 18 weeks ranges from 41% (Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust) to 97% (Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust) — a 57-point gap. These published figures do not predict when an individual patient will receive an appointment or treatment.
- 80% or more under 18 weeks28 trusts
- 65% to 79%54 trusts
- 50% to 64%30 trusts
- Under 50%4 trusts
A further 21 NHS-funded independent-sector and other providers reported 9,901 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 | 1,523 | 97% | 0 |
| South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 1,123 | 96% | 0 |
| Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 807 | 94% | 0 |
| Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | London | 1,001 | 94% | 0 |
| South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 1,706 | 94% | 5 |
| Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 1,376 | 93% | 0 |
| Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust | West Midlands | 956 | 93% | 0 |
| Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,087 | 93% | 0 |
| Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 1,099 | 93% | 0 |
| The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 952 | 90% | 3 |
| Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | London | 2,982 | 90% | 0 |
| East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | North West | 2,269 | 90% | 0 |
| Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust | South West | 2,376 | 90% | 0 |
| Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 812 | 89% | 0 |
| Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 850 | 89% | 0 |
| West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | East of England | 3,319 | 88% | 0 |
| The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | West Midlands | 1,894 | 88% | 0 |
| North Bristol NHS Trust | South West | 433 | 88% | 1 |
| Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 4,592 | 88% | 0 |
| Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 2,432 | 86% | 1 |
| Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 2,243 | 86% | 2 |
| Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 1,594 | 86% | 0 |
| Whittington Health NHS Trust | London | 1,185 | 84% | 0 |
| Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | London | 1,795 | 84% | 0 |
| University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | London | 3,776 | 83% | 0 |
| University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 5,070 | 83% | 1 |
| Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 3,819 | 82% | 2 |
| Croydon Health Services NHS Trust | London | 2,582 | 81% | 9 |
| Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | London | 3,058 | 80% | 0 |
| East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | South East | 2,447 | 79% | 0 |
| North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 1,218 | 79% | 3 |
| Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | London | 4,098 | 78% | 26 |
| University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | West Midlands | 1,463 | 78% | 3 |
| Bolton NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 1,535 | 78% | 1 |
| Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | West Midlands | 2,549 | 78% | 18 |
| North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 2,881 | 78% | 7 |
| University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 2,387 | 78% | 4 |
| Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | North West | 6,932 | 78% | 15 |
| University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 1,318 | 78% | 0 |
| Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 1,517 | 76% | 4 |
| Airedale NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 764 | 75% | 1 |
| Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 968 | 75% | 1 |
| Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 7,703 | 75% | 15 |
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 2,864 | 75% | 0 |
| George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust | West Midlands | 1,168 | 74% | 4 |
| King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | London | 2,638 | 74% | 8 |
| South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust | West Midlands | 1,760 | 73% | 1 |
| St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | London | 2,547 | 73% | 7 |
| Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,312 | 73% | 0 |
| Isle of Wight NHS Trust | South East | 862 | 73% | 0 |
| The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,880 | 72% | 0 |
| Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 3,625 | 72% | 0 |
| Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 2,599 | 72% | 4 |
| Somerset NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 2,031 | 72% | 4 |
| Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 1,821 | 71% | 4 |
| The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | London | 1,005 | 70% | 0 |
| Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | South East | 4,340 | 70% | 42 |
| Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust | South East | 4,141 | 70% | 142 |
| Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | London | 8,667 | 69% | 16 |
| University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 4,105 | 69% | 75 |
| University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust | South West | 1,339 | 69% | 1 |
| Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 3,530 | 69% | 2 |
| Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust | South East | 3,652 | 69% | 0 |
| West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 879 | 69% | 9 |
| Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust | East Midlands | 2,966 | 69% | 1 |
| North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 5,454 | 68% | 0 |
| East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 3,731 | 67% | 0 |
| Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 3,285 | 67% | 12 |
| Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 3,956 | 67% | 42 |
| Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 3,346 | 67% | 8 |
| Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | South East | 3,041 | 67% | 0 |
| North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 1,553 | 67% | 11 |
| Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 1,642 | 66% | 15 |
| London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | London | 6,767 | 66% | 18 |
| Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 2,930 | 66% | 44 |
| University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | West Midlands | 6,656 | 66% | 0 |
| University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust | West Midlands | 5,457 | 66% | 1 |
| Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust | South East | 2,328 | 65% | 0 |
| The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | West Midlands | 2,262 | 65% | 0 |
| Bristol NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 977 | 65% | 0 |
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 1,314 | 65% | 0 |
| York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,861 | 65% | 10 |
| Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust | London | 6,274 | 65% | 32 |
| Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 791 | 64% | 13 |
| Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | East Midlands | 4,697 | 64% | 58 |
| The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | West Midlands | 3,887 | 64% | 3 |
| Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 4,119 | 64% | 124 |
| Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 3,014 | 63% | 9 |
| Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 3,170 | 63% | 17 |
| Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 7,088 | 63% | 32 |
| Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 1,657 | 63% | 6 |
| East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 5,235 | 62% | 48 |
| Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust | London | 3,335 | 62% | 38 |
| Barts Health NHS Trust | London | 8,156 | 62% | 10 |
| The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust | East of England | 2,884 | 62% | 24 |
| Medway NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 2,671 | 62% | 0 |
| County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 3,394 | 62% | 2 |
| United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | East Midlands | 5,181 | 60% | 49 |
| Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust | London | 2,936 | 60% | 1 |
| University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | East Midlands | 4,714 | 59% | 123 |
| Wye Valley NHS Trust | West Midlands | 1,567 | 58% | 44 |
| Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 3,692 | 58% | 134 |
| East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust | East of England | 2,081 | 57% | 28 |
| Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 1,333 | 57% | 48 |
| Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 3,667 | 56% | 85 |
| University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 4,935 | 55% | 48 |
| James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 1,570 | 55% | 71 |
| Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 4,419 | 54% | 107 |
| Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 13,661 | 54% | 273 |
| Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 9,529 | 53% | 431 |
| Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 3,180 | 52% | 97 |
| East Cheshire NHS Trust | North West | 1,906 | 50% | 96 |
| Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | West Midlands | 2,170 | 50% | 0 |
| Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 1,869 | 46% | 52 |
| Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 1,611 | 42% | 42 |
| Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 4,119 | 41% | 403 |
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.