Waiting times by specialty
Oral surgery waiting times in England
At the end of June 2026, 320,552 people were on the England oral surgery waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (55%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.
NHS England reports this service as Oral Surgery Service. Hospital-based surgery of the mouth, jaws and teeth, separate from routine NHS dentistry. It commonly includes wisdom tooth removal, jaw joint problems, oral lesions.
- People waiting
- 320,552
- End of June 2026
- Under 18 weeks
- 55.0%
- Share of this published list
- Over 52 weeks
- 7,441
- Share of all NHS waits
- 4.5%
- of 7,178,718 total
7,441 people (2.3%, roughly 1 in 43) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.
How this has changed
Between July 2025 and June 2026 the share of people on the England oral surgery list waiting under 18 weeks improved by 3.9 percentage points (51% to 55%).
The number of organisations in our imported data changed from 115 to 124 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 (55.6% in March 2026); up 3.2 points over 6 months (51.8% in December 2025).
Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month
Improving · +3.9 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 | 51.1% |
| August 2025 | 50.5% |
| September 2025 | 50.9% |
| October 2025 | 50.9% |
| November 2025 | 51.6% |
| December 2025 | 51.8% |
| January 2026 | 52.4% |
| February 2026 | 53.6% |
| March 2026 | 55.6% |
| April 2026 | 54.9% |
| May 2026 | 55.4% |
| June 2026 | 55% |
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 | 323,107 | 51.1% | 13,020 |
| August 2025 | 321,708 | 50.5% | 13,132 |
| September 2025 | 319,102 | 50.9% | 12,866 |
| October 2025 | 317,880 | 50.9% | 12,722 |
| November 2025 | 314,455 | 51.6% | 11,692 |
| December 2025 | 318,622 | 51.8% | 10,611 |
| January 2026 | 318,440 | 52.4% | 10,023 |
| February 2026 | 322,932 | 53.6% | 9,136 |
| March 2026 | 320,612 | 55.6% | 7,091 |
| April 2026 | 321,516 | 54.9% | 7,445 |
| May 2026 | 322,030 | 55.4% | 7,426 |
| June 2026 | 320,552 | 55.0% | 7,441 |
How much hospitals differ
Across the 104 NHS trusts with data, the share waiting under 18 weeks ranges from 34% (East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust) to 87% (Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust) — a 53-point gap. These published figures do not predict when an individual patient will receive an appointment or treatment.
- 80% or more under 18 weeks5 trusts
- 65% to 79%21 trusts
- 50% to 64%43 trusts
- Under 50%35 trusts
A further 6 NHS-funded independent-sector and other providers reported 13,184 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 489 | 87% | 0 |
| North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 988 | 83% | 0 |
| Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | London | 511 | 83% | 0 |
| Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | London | 2,386 | 80% | 11 |
| Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | London | 5,693 | 80% | 2 |
| Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust | London | 1,036 | 79% | 0 |
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 428 | 78% | 13 |
| Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | West Midlands | 6,238 | 77% | 0 |
| University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 2,261 | 76% | 28 |
| Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust | South East | 1,102 | 75% | 0 |
| Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust | South West | 2,368 | 74% | 9 |
| Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 3,141 | 72% | 2 |
| The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 2,422 | 72% | 0 |
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 2,119 | 72% | 24 |
| Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust | London | 2,130 | 71% | 10 |
| Bristol NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 2,555 | 70% | 0 |
| University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | London | 7,017 | 70% | 4 |
| Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | London | 2,057 | 69% | 22 |
| Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 884 | 69% | 1 |
| Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 1,831 | 68% | 40 |
| South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 5,083 | 68% | 0 |
| Airedale NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 445 | 68% | 3 |
| Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 3,129 | 68% | 12 |
| Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 737 | 68% | 0 |
| Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,028 | 67% | 37 |
| Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 1,831 | 67% | 0 |
| Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 3,523 | 65% | 0 |
| University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 2,307 | 64% | 26 |
| Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 1,422 | 63% | 14 |
| Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 1,624 | 63% | 0 |
| Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 1,381 | 62% | 27 |
| St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | London | 1,587 | 62% | 85 |
| County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust | North East | 760 | 61% | 0 |
| University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | West Midlands | 3,382 | 60% | 64 |
| Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust | West Midlands | 2,211 | 60% | 0 |
| Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 1,103 | 60% | 47 |
| Barts Health NHS Trust | London | 3,573 | 60% | 88 |
| Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | London | 4,856 | 60% | 17 |
| East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | North West | 3,963 | 60% | 45 |
| The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | West Midlands | 2,492 | 59% | 0 |
| King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | London | 9,056 | 59% | 131 |
| Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,810 | 58% | 0 |
| Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 7,786 | 58% | 62 |
| Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 1,698 | 57% | 4 |
| West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | East of England | 2,803 | 57% | 54 |
| Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 2,235 | 57% | 1 |
| Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | North West | 2,221 | 56% | 27 |
| Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 3,233 | 56% | 8 |
| University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 3,094 | 55% | 12 |
| Wye Valley NHS Trust | West Midlands | 806 | 55% | 7 |
| Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 4,242 | 55% | 58 |
| James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 901 | 55% | 4 |
| University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust | West Midlands | 3,938 | 55% | 195 |
| Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,926 | 54% | 0 |
| Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | South East | 1,791 | 54% | 32 |
| Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 15,758 | 54% | 436 |
| Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust | West Midlands | 347 | 54% | 0 |
| Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | West Midlands | 1,179 | 53% | 3 |
| Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 1,979 | 53% | 129 |
| Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 4,583 | 53% | 105 |
| University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 2,496 | 53% | 111 |
| Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,461 | 53% | 8 |
| Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 2,496 | 52% | 15 |
| The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | London | 2,117 | 52% | 0 |
| Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 4,724 | 52% | 54 |
| The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | West Midlands | 2,271 | 51% | 6 |
| East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | South East | 1,955 | 51% | 1 |
| East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 3,870 | 51% | 0 |
| Bolton NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 2,392 | 51% | 63 |
| Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | East Midlands | 2,167 | 50% | 18 |
| Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 2,524 | 49% | 78 |
| The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust | East of England | 1,704 | 49% | 50 |
| Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 3,862 | 49% | 32 |
| Isle of Wight NHS Trust | South East | 543 | 49% | 9 |
| Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 3,303 | 48% | 135 |
| United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | East Midlands | 2,914 | 48% | 106 |
| Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 1,854 | 48% | 84 |
| North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 2,641 | 48% | 10 |
| Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 1,350 | 48% | 51 |
| York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 4,028 | 47% | 145 |
| Croydon Health Services NHS Trust | London | 2,879 | 47% | 112 |
| University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | West Midlands | 2,471 | 47% | 23 |
| Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust | East Midlands | 2,394 | 46% | 23 |
| Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | East Midlands | 2,150 | 46% | 16 |
| University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | East Midlands | 6,917 | 46% | 401 |
| London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | London | 8,463 | 45% | 8 |
| Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 2,237 | 45% | 28 |
| Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | North West | 2,076 | 45% | 21 |
| Somerset NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 3,535 | 45% | 183 |
| Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | South West | 3,068 | 44% | 95 |
| South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust | West Midlands | 1,405 | 44% | 22 |
| The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust | Yorkshire and The Humber | 2,398 | 44% | 70 |
| Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | London | 2,165 | 44% | 83 |
| Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust | South East | 4,304 | 43% | 405 |
| The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | West Midlands | 4,712 | 43% | 311 |
| Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 6,886 | 43% | 173 |
| University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 8,528 | 42% | 709 |
| Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 2,795 | 42% | 133 |
| Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 3,814 | 41% | 159 |
| George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust | West Midlands | 1,139 | 41% | 8 |
| Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | West Midlands | 3,897 | 37% | 159 |
| East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust | East of England | 962 | 37% | 63 |
| Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | East of England | 7,057 | 35% | 1,018 |
| East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust | South East | 4,589 | 34% | 315 |
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
- What happens after 52 weeks on a waiting list
Background on how year-plus waits are treated in NHS reporting.
- 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.