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Waiting times by specialty

Urology waiting times in England

At the end of June 2026, 373,998 people were on the England urology waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (65%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

NHS England reports this service as Urology Service. Consultant-led care for the urinary tract and male reproductive system. It commonly includes prostate assessment and surgery, kidney stones, bladder investigations, vasectomy in some trusts.

People waiting
373,998
End of June 2026
Under 18 weeks
65.0%
Share of this published list
Over 52 weeks
5,082
Share of all NHS waits
5.2%
of 7,178,718 total

5,082 people (1.4%, roughly 1 in 71) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

How this has changed

Between July 2025 and June 2026 the share of people on the England urology list waiting under 18 weeks improved by 4.9 percentage points (60% to 65%).

Share waiting under 18 weeks: broadly unchanged over 3 months (66.3% in March 2026); up 2.2 points over 6 months (62.8% in December 2025).

Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month

Improving · +4.9 points

Percentage of people seen within 18 weeks, over the last 12 published months.

View these figures as a table
Percentage seen within 18 weeks by month
MonthWithin 18 weeks
July 202560.1%
August 202559.9%
September 202561.4%
October 202561.9%
November 202562.3%
December 202562.8%
January 202662.8%
February 202663.9%
March 202666.3%
April 202664.9%
May 202664.7%
June 202665%

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
Monthly Urology figures for England
MonthWaitingUnder 18 weeksOver 52 weeks
July 2025390,62060.1%10,110
August 2025388,07659.9%9,856
September 2025389,17961.4%9,238
October 2025390,13761.9%9,024
November 2025384,64262.3%8,616
December 2025391,33162.8%8,074
January 2026390,04462.8%7,858
February 2026386,91163.9%6,818
March 2026378,18866.3%5,112
April 2026378,42264.9%5,155
May 2026378,95264.7%5,137
June 2026373,99865.0%5,082

How much hospitals differ

Across the 113 NHS trusts with data, the share waiting under 18 weeks ranges from 49% (James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) to 99% (Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust) — a 50-point gap. These published figures do not predict when an individual patient will receive an appointment or treatment.

  • 80% or more under 18 weeks11 trusts
  • 65% to 79%57 trusts
  • 50% to 64%43 trusts
  • Under 50%2 trusts

A further 24 NHS-funded independent-sector and other providers reported 9,585 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.

NHS trusts reporting Urology waits
TrustRegionWaitingUnder 18 weeksOver 52 weeks
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustNorth West65799%0
Isle of Wight NHS TrustSouth East40998%0
Croydon Health Services NHS TrustLondon1,49391%1
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth East2,92091%0
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustSouth East2,43987%0
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation TrustYorkshire and The Humber1,17086%0
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustSouth East2,27685%3
Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustEast Midlands1,09084%0
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorth West1,58183%3
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation TrustLondon1,85482%0
Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSouth West2,51481%6
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustNorth West2,23179%0
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS TrustEast Midlands3,53279%3
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSouth West3,75679%0
Medway NHS Foundation TrustSouth East2,27278%0
London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustLondon4,11277%4
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustYorkshire and The Humber1,92577%0
Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon1,85276%0
North Bristol NHS TrustSouth West5,57575%0
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustNorth West2,03275%0
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustSouth East1,39275%0
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustSouth East4,47375%6
Airedale NHS Foundation TrustYorkshire and The Humber91374%5
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustEast Midlands3,56074%3
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustSouth East2,41273%61
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustSouth West1,87972%8
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustEast of England2,79772%4
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYorkshire and The Humber2,84972%3
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustWest Midlands1,65871%0
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustLondon4,54771%0
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon4,36571%19
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation TrustNorth West2,12471%23
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustYorkshire and The Humber4,10771%0
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustEast Midlands2,01971%11
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustNorth West1,31371%0
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation TrustYorkshire and The Humber3,55170%17
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustNorth West2,31169%45
The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustYorkshire and The Humber1,41169%1
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustEast of England2,79869%9
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustYorkshire and The Humber1,17269%9
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustNorth East73669%2
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustSouth West2,57469%58
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustSouth East2,47269%44
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustNorth East2,14568%47
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustNorth West5,72868%86
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorth West1,88368%45
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Midlands1,57568%0
Dartford and Gravesham NHS TrustSouth East2,80568%33
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon6,78268%32
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustNorth West2,20668%9
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorth East3,98168%37
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon1,85468%29
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustEast Midlands3,14668%30
North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustEast of England5,22568%1
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation TrustEast Midlands3,48667%57
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustEast of England2,32967%17
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSouth East2,73367%51
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon2,88067%4
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustLondon2,01267%14
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustEast of England1,44967%40
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustNorth East6,31367%0
Stockport NHS Foundation TrustNorth West2,15767%9
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustYorkshire and The Humber3,38666%11
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS TrustWest Midlands1,96666%0
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorth East3,23066%17
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustWest Midlands6,40466%4
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouth West3,53266%102
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustWest Midlands3,42465%4
Wye Valley NHS TrustWest Midlands1,56165%17
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustSouth West2,86765%50
East Cheshire NHS TrustNorth West1,21364%25
West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustEast of England2,12164%5
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorth West1,94963%11
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS TrustWest Midlands4,20963%37
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustSouth West1,34363%0
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustEast of England4,53563%7
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYorkshire and The Humber1,92062%0
Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustSouth East4,42562%46
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustSouth East2,67262%3
Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon3,67462%0
George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustWest Midlands1,81162%5
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustSouth West1,78060%2
Bolton NHS Foundation TrustNorth West2,72260%31
Barts Health NHS TrustLondon6,22259%33
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustNorth West7,44159%191
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSouth East3,45859%142
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYorkshire and The Humber3,00959%61
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation TrustEast of England5,84058%2
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWest Midlands5,06258%46
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Midlands1,70358%52
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWest Midlands2,60158%12
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustEast of England4,55758%157
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouth East2,42858%177
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSouth East1,99557%32
East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSouth East4,74657%60
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSouth East4,41156%74
Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustNorth West6,49056%120
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustEast of England4,05555%15
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon1,94855%1
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustYorkshire and The Humber4,10254%174
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon5,00654%105
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustSouth East6,08254%190
Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon9,32754%90
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorth West3,64853%32
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon5,79353%101
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation TrustEast of England10,66953%722
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWest Midlands6,26553%207
Somerset NHS Foundation TrustSouth West2,94052%150
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS TrustLondon3,66752%173
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSouth West3,00851%128
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS TrustWest Midlands3,53451%153
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorth West2,39749%82
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustEast of England1,79749%87

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.

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