Waiting times by specialty
Neurology waiting times in England
At the end of June 2026, 209,198 people were on the England neurology waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (62%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.
NHS England reports this service as Neurology Service. Medical care of the brain, nerves and muscles, distinct from neurosurgery. It commonly includes headache and migraine clinics, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, nerve symptom assessment.
- People waiting
- 209,198
- End of June 2026
- Under 18 weeks
- 61.7%
- Share of this published list
- Over 52 weeks
- 2,032
- Share of all NHS waits
- 2.9%
- of 7,178,718 total
2,032 people (1.0%, roughly 1 in 100) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.
How this has changed
Between July 2025 and June 2026 the share of people on the England neurology list waiting under 18 weeks improved by 5.8 percentage points (56% to 62%).
Share waiting under 18 weeks: broadly unchanged over 3 months (60.6% in March 2026); up 4.7 points over 6 months (57.0% in December 2025).
Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month
Improving · +5.8 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 | 55.9% |
| August 2025 | 55.9% |
| September 2025 | 57.1% |
| October 2025 | 57.5% |
| November 2025 | 57.3% |
| December 2025 | 57% |
| January 2026 | 57% |
| February 2026 | 57.5% |
| March 2026 | 60.6% |
| April 2026 | 60.1% |
| May 2026 | 61.1% |
| June 2026 | 61.7% |
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 | 221,445 | 55.9% | 6,786 |
| August 2025 | 222,355 | 55.9% | 6,874 |
| September 2025 | 222,324 | 57.1% | 5,992 |
| October 2025 | 224,733 | 57.5% | 5,632 |
| November 2025 | 219,159 | 57.3% | 4,927 |
| December 2025 | 222,750 | 57.0% | 4,269 |
| January 2026 | 219,187 | 57.0% | 3,721 |
| February 2026 | 216,273 | 57.5% | 2,932 |
| March 2026 | 208,673 | 60.6% | 2,075 |
| April 2026 | 209,399 | 60.1% | 2,063 |
| May 2026 | 210,243 | 61.1% | 2,053 |
| June 2026 | 209,198 | 61.7% | 2,032 |
How much hospitals differ
Across the 85 NHS trusts with data, the share waiting under 18 weeks ranges from 33% (Medway NHS Foundation Trust) to 98% (Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust) — a 65-point gap. These published figures do not predict when an individual patient will receive an appointment or treatment.
- 80% or more under 18 weeks16 trusts
- 65% to 79%26 trusts
- 50% to 64%34 trusts
- Under 50%9 trusts
A further 2 NHS-funded independent-sector and other providers reported 1,010 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | London | 300 | 98% | 0 |
| Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust | West Midlands | 615 | 95% | 0 |
| East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust | East of England | 736 | 94% | 0 |
| Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 733 | 94% | 0 |
| Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | West Midlands | 739 | 93% | 1 |
| Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust | South West | 917 | 90% | 0 |
| Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 947 | 89% | 0 |
| Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 670 | 87% | 0 |
| Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust | London | 911 | 87% | 0 |
| Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | London | 1,145 | 87% | 0 |
| Croydon Health Services NHS Trust | London | 750 | 86% | 0 |
| South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 1,464 | 86% | 0 |
| The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 2,007 | 85% | 2 |
| The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | West Midlands | 1,976 | 85% | 0 |
| London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | London | 1,032 | 83% | 0 |
| King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | London | 2,292 | 80% | 3 |
| Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | East Midlands | 1,978 | 79% | 7 |
| University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 1,813 | 78% | 0 |
| The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust | East of England | 1,160 | 78% | 2 |
| East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | South East | 1,887 | 78% | 0 |
| York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,192 | 77% | 2 |
| The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | London | 489 | 76% | 0 |
| East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 1,518 | 76% | 5 |
| Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust | London | 2,097 | 75% | 1 |
| Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 2,186 | 75% | 2 |
| Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 1,476 | 75% | 2 |
| West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | East of England | 1,293 | 75% | 0 |
| Whittington Health NHS Trust | London | 881 | 74% | 0 |
| Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 1,922 | 74% | 0 |
| Bristol NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 628 | 73% | 1 |
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 2,988 | 72% | 0 |
| University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | London | 5,505 | 72% | 6 |
| Airedale NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 964 | 71% | 2 |
| University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust | South West | 2,059 | 70% | 13 |
| The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 7,807 | 69% | 164 |
| Wye Valley NHS Trust | West Midlands | 637 | 69% | 2 |
| Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | South East | 1,845 | 68% | 0 |
| United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | East Midlands | 2,414 | 67% | 25 |
| Somerset NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 1,134 | 67% | 5 |
| Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 968 | 67% | 0 |
| Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 1,799 | 67% | 25 |
| Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust | South East | 1,295 | 66% | 0 |
| West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 874 | 65% | 4 |
| St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | London | 4,432 | 64% | 3 |
| Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 1,706 | 64% | 14 |
| North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 1,358 | 63% | 3 |
| North Bristol NHS Trust | South West | 3,563 | 63% | 0 |
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 1,166 | 62% | 0 |
| Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 17,432 | 62% | 238 |
| Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 705 | 61% | 3 |
| Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | London | 3,016 | 60% | 35 |
| Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | London | 1,508 | 60% | 0 |
| Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | London | 6,137 | 59% | 6 |
| Barts Health NHS Trust | London | 2,898 | 59% | 4 |
| Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 2,667 | 59% | 0 |
| Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 3,214 | 58% | 4 |
| Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 989 | 58% | 1 |
| Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 1,083 | 58% | 7 |
| Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | London | 3,872 | 58% | 0 |
| Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust | London | 1,833 | 57% | 48 |
| Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 985 | 57% | 0 |
| University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 6,118 | 57% | 174 |
| University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | West Midlands | 4,098 | 56% | 0 |
| Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 4,911 | 56% | 97 |
| University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | West Midlands | 3,971 | 55% | 96 |
| University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust | West Midlands | 5,915 | 55% | 12 |
| Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | South East | 2,084 | 55% | 10 |
| Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,341 | 55% | 1 |
| South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 1,975 | 55% | 110 |
| Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 2,072 | 54% | 0 |
| North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 1,648 | 53% | 2 |
| Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 5,637 | 53% | 99 |
| Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust | South East | 2,855 | 51% | 0 |
| University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 3,422 | 51% | 33 |
| Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 8,644 | 51% | 119 |
| East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 3,975 | 51% | 16 |
| The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | West Midlands | 1,428 | 49% | 1 |
| Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust | East Midlands | 1,322 | 48% | 1 |
| Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 1,624 | 48% | 1 |
| James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 2,234 | 45% | 53 |
| Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | West Midlands | 1,550 | 45% | 1 |
| University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 4,805 | 43% | 46 |
| Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 3,692 | 42% | 240 |
| University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | East Midlands | 3,754 | 38% | 20 |
| Medway NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 2,017 | 33% | 253 |
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.