Nhs Tracker - Are Hospital Waiting Times Improving Near You?

Every NHS infirmary successful England has been told to amended diligent waiting times for planned curen arsenic nan authorities has made hitting nan 18-week target 1 of its cardinal priorities for this parliament.

By March 2026, nan government wants to see astatine slightest 65% of patients waiting nary longer than 18 weeks.

To get there, each NHS spot has to either get to 60% aliases amended connected its November 2024 figures by 5 percent points - whichever is greater.

That is conscionable a stepping chromatic towards nan eventual extremity of achieving 92% by July 2029.

Use your postcode to find retired whether waiting lists are getting amended adjacent you.

BBC Verify's study included NHS trusts successful England that had astatine slightest 5,000 group waiting for elective curen successful November 2024.

Targets successful different nations are different and nan interim targets for adjacent March group by nan UK authorities do not apply.

While Scotland intends for 90% of patients to beryllium treated wrong 18 weeks of referral, successful Wales nan target is for 95% of patients to hold little than 26 weeks.

In Northern Ireland, 55% of patients should hold nary longer than 13 weeks for time lawsuit aliases inpatient treatment.

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