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NHS England · % of incomplete pathways

NHS waiting list within 18 weeks under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

NHS waiting list within 18 weeks: August 2007 to June 2026LabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0%25%50%75%2010201520202025Before: 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: 57.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2007: 59.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2007: 59.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2007: 57.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2007: 56.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2008: 61.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2008: 65% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2008: 66% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2008: 69.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2008: 73.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2008: 77.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2008: 81.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2008: 80.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2008: 82.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2008: 85% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2008: 85.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2008: 85.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2009: 85.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2009: 86.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2009: 87.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2009: 89.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2009: 89.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2009: 90.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2009: 89.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2009: 89.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2009: 89.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2009: 89.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2009: 90.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2009: 90% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2010: 89.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2010: 90.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2010: 91.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2010: 91.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2010: 91.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2010: 91.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2010: 90.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2010: 90.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2010: 90.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2010: 90.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2010: 90% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2010: 88.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2011: 88.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2011: 88.7% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2011: 89.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2011: 90.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2011: 90.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2011: 91.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2011: 90.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2011: 90.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2011: 90.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2011: 90.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2011: 91.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2011: 91.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2012: 92.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2012: 92.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2012: 93.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2012: 94% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2012: 94.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2012: 94.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2012: 94% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2012: 94% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2012: 93.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2012: 94.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2012: 94.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2012: 93.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2013: 93.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2013: 93.7% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2013: 94.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2013: 94.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2013: 94.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2013: 94.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2013: 94.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2013: 94.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2013: 94.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2013: 94.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2013: 93.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2013: 93.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2014: 93.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2014: 93.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2014: 93.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2014: 93.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2014: 93.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2014: 93.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2014: 93.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2014: 93% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2014: 93.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2014: 92.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2014: 93% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2014: 92.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2015: 92.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2015: 92.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2015: 92.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2015: 93% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2015: 93.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2015: 93% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2015: 92.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2015: 92.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2015: 92.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2015: 91.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2015: 92% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2015: 91.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2016: 91.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2016: 91.7% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2016: 91.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2016: 91.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2016: 91.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2016: 91.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2016: 90.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2016: 90.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2016: 90.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2016: 90.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2016: 90.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2016: 89.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2017: 89.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2017: 89.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2017: 90.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2017: 89.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2017: 90.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2017: 90.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2017: 89.7% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2017: 89.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2017: 89% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2017: 89.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2017: 89.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2017: 88.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2018: 87.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2018: 87.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2018: 87% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2018: 87.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2018: 88% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2018: 87.7% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2018: 87.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2018: 87.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2018: 86.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2018: 87% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2018: 87.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2018: 86.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2019: 86.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2019: 86.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2019: 86.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2019: 86.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2019: 86.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2019: 86% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2019: 85.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2019: 84.7% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2019: 84.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2019: 84.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2019: 84.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2019: 83.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2020: 83.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2020: 82.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2020: 79.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2020: 71.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2020: 62.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2020: 52.7% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2020: 47.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2020: 53.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2020: 60.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2020: 65.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2020: 68.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2020: 67.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2021: 66.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2021: 64.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2021: 64.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2021: 64.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2021: 67.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2021: 68.7% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2021: 68.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2021: 67.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2021: 66.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2021: 65.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2021: 65.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2021: 63.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2022: 62.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2022: 62.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2022: 62.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2022: 61.7% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2022: 63.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2022: 62.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2022: 61.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2022: 60.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2022: 59.4% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2022: 59.7% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2022: 59.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2022: 57.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2023: 58.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2023: 58.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2023: 58.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2023: 58.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2023: 59.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2023: 59.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2023: 58.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2023: 58% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2023: 57.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2023: 58.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2023: 58.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2023: 56.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2024: 57% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2024: 57.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2024: 57.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2024: 58.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2024: 59.1% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2024: 58.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2024: 58.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2024: 58.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2024: 58.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2024: 58.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2024: 59.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2024: 58.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2025: 58.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2025: 59.2% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2025: 59.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2025: 59.7% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2025: 60.9% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2025: 61.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026July 2025: 61.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026August 2025: 61% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026September 2025: 61.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026October 2025: 61.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026November 2025: 61.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026December 2025: 61.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026January 2026: 61.5% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026February 2026: 62.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026March 2026: 65.3% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026April 2026: 65% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026May 2026: 65.6% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026June 2026: 65.8% % of incomplete pathways · published 13 August 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestDashed line: change in coverage or methodShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – present58.9%June 202465.8%June 2026↑ 11.8%+7%
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 202484.1%November 201958.9%June 2024↓ 30.0%−25.2%
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 201990.3%May 201784.1%November 2019↓ 6.8%−6.2%
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 201793%April 201590.3%May 2017↓ 3.0%−2.8%
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 201591.3%April 201093%April 2015↑ 1.9%+1.7%
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 2010No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.