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NHS waiting list (incomplete treatment pathways)

NHS waiting list (incomplete treatment pathways): August 2007 to June 2026LabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02m4m6m2010201520202025Before: Reported under the pre-April-2021 RTT guidance. After: Reported under revised guidance introduced in April 2021, as flagged in the overview timeseries notes.methodology changeAugust 2007: 4,186,974 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2007: 3,997,551 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2007: 3,939,821 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2007: 3,921,962 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2007: 3,861,337 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2008: 3,510,437 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2008: 3,116,073 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2008: 3,056,710 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2008: 2,940,270 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2008: 2,871,949 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2008: 2,743,336 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2008: 2,650,711 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2008: 2,675,732 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2008: 2,633,591 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2008: 2,474,846 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2008: 2,432,758 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2008: 2,345,732 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2009: 2,342,439 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2009: 2,349,456 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2009: 2,399,587 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2009: 2,457,080 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2009: 2,484,035 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2009: 2,521,825 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2009: 2,520,700 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2009: 2,499,083 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2009: 2,467,826 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2009: 2,438,999 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2009: 2,370,996 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2009: 2,365,316 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2010: 2,315,060 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2010: 2,337,647 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2010: 2,420,525 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2010: 2,534,885 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2010: 2,603,934 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2010: 2,638,728 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2010: 2,686,653 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2010: 2,684,939 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2010: 2,621,009 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2010: 2,598,209 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2010: 2,553,182 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2010: 2,456,122 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2011: 2,414,414 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2011: 2,461,929 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2011: 2,475,618 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2011: 2,509,990 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2011: 2,580,472 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2011: 2,570,914 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2011: 2,611,906 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2011: 2,614,998 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2011: 2,597,388 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2011: 2,567,505 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2011: 2,500,701 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2011: 2,415,130 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2012: 2,388,599 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2012: 2,411,155 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2012: 2,443,952 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2012: 2,510,647 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2012: 2,586,681 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2012: 2,642,912 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2012: 2,681,884 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2012: 2,680,458 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2012: 2,684,993 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2012: 2,697,102 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2012: 2,651,013 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2012: 2,625,402 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2013: 2,597,806 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2013: 2,632,269 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2013: 2,677,497 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2013: 2,748,808 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2013: 2,847,373 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2013: 2,879,204 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2013: 2,906,489 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2013: 2,936,981 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2013: 2,918,177 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2013: 2,951,496 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2013: 2,918,382 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2013: 2,940,064 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2014: 2,965,239 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2014: 3,012,253 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2014: 3,052,280 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2014: 3,119,809 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2014: 3,196,627 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2014: 3,220,933 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2014: 3,228,040 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2014: 3,248,315 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2014: 3,224,605 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2014: 3,239,274 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2014: 3,223,626 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2014: 3,174,814 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2015: 3,141,683 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2015: 3,145,851 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2015: 3,209,293 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2015: 3,285,295 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2015: 3,392,565 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2015: 3,409,991 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2015: 3,472,440 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2015: 3,512,477 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2015: 3,491,314 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2015: 3,532,814 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2015: 3,525,414 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2015: 3,529,514 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2016: 3,524,702 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2016: 3,579,523 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2016: 3,675,298 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2016: 3,786,160 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2016: 3,841,761 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2016: 3,847,673 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2016: 3,884,464 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2016: 3,911,383 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2016: 3,922,359 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2016: 3,903,768 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2016: 3,858,276 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2016: 3,833,822 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2017: 3,792,730 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2017: 3,826,696 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2017: 3,897,530 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2017: 3,945,154 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2017: 3,973,736 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2017: 4,012,911 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2017: 4,030,998 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2017: 4,066,143 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2017: 4,071,101 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2017: 4,065,855 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2017: 4,020,625 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2017: 3,995,928 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2018: 3,983,956 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2018: 4,014,118 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2018: 4,102,999 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2018: 4,194,514 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2018: 4,277,422 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2018: 4,309,865 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2018: 4,322,746 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2018: 4,350,817 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2018: 4,322,186 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2018: 4,340,067 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2018: 4,307,771 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2018: 4,284,808 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2019: 4,268,656 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2019: 4,306,057 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2019: 4,345,467 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2019: 4,409,624 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2019: 4,497,746 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2019: 4,507,299 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2019: 4,522,895 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2019: 4,558,291 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2019: 4,567,210 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2019: 4,595,183 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2019: 4,563,805 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2019: 4,565,238 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2020: 4,566,021 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2020: 4,573,675 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2020: 4,386,297 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2020: 4,051,288 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2020: 3,950,230 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2020: 3,964,304 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2020: 4,121,693 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2020: 4,286,068 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2020: 4,420,837 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2020: 4,514,810 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2020: 4,526,665 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2020: 4,587,286 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2021: 4,658,628 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2021: 4,764,301 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2021: 4,950,297 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2021: 5,123,717 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2021: 5,305,425 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2021: 5,453,486 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2021: 5,607,574 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2021: 5,740,749 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2021: 5,860,046 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2021: 5,977,537 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2021: 6,001,676 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2021: 6,071,293 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2022: 6,127,993 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2022: 6,211,131 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2022: 6,365,772 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2022: 6,527,149 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2022: 6,668,099 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2022: 6,790,084 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2022: 6,937,525 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2022: 7,072,791 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2022: 7,141,950 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2022: 7,214,182 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2022: 7,187,948 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2022: 7,200,033 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2023: 7,213,120 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2023: 7,217,871 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2023: 7,331,186 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2023: 7,415,352 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2023: 7,475,194 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2023: 7,574,649 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2023: 7,674,305 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2023: 7,745,784 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2023: 7,768,573 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2023: 7,703,867 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2023: 7,613,842 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2023: 7,607,585 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2024: 7,575,914 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2024: 7,536,907 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2024: 7,538,830 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2024: 7,570,371 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2024: 7,601,650 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2024: 7,621,297 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2024: 7,623,081 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2024: 7,641,774 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2024: 7,571,549 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2024: 7,541,371 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2024: 7,479,867 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2024: 7,463,085 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2025: 7,427,669 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2025: 7,401,153 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2025: 7,418,598 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2025: 7,389,065 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2025: 7,355,950 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2025: 7,367,836 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2025: 7,390,279 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2025: 7,403,612 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2025: 7,388,149 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2025: 7,395,445 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2025: 7,308,928 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2025: 7,290,880 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2026: 7,247,214 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2026: 7,216,208 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2026: 7,106,091 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2026: 7,218,231 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2026: 7,278,384 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2026: 7,272,291 incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026

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Source: NHS England, Consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times: overview timeseries, June 2026 (published 13 August 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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