Long waits for community health services
People waiting beyond 18 weeks and beyond one year for each London community service.
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| Series | Period or category | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Community paediatric service | 20,738 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Musculoskeletal service | 12,482 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Podiatry and podiatric surgery | 2,112 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Therapy interventions: Speech and language | 1,574 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Therapy interventions: Speech and language | 949 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Rehabilitation services (integrated) | 806 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Audiology | 796 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Audiology | 769 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Continence/ colostomy | 741 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Therapy interventions: Occupational therapy | 697 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Therapy interventions: Physiotherapy | 451 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Neurorehabilitation (multi-disciplinary) | 422 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Therapy interventions: Dietetics | 292 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Diabetes | 283 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Wheelchair, orthotics, prosthetics and equipment | 229 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Therapy interventions: Dietetics | 227 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Lymphoedema | 203 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Community nursing services (planned care and rapid response teams) | 167 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Community nursing services | 131 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Respiratory/COPD | 112 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Therapy interventions: Physiotherapy | 70 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Heart failure | 62 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Falls | 54 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Wheelchair, orthotics, prosthetics and equipment | 36 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Stroke | 33 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Intermediate care and reablement | 31 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Therapy interventions: Occupational therapy | 30 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Tissue viability | 20 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Antenatal, new-born and children screening and immunisation services | 17 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Nursing and Therapy teams support for long term conditions | 12 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Home oxygen assessment services | 5 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Vision screening | 4 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Therapy interventions: Orthotics | 1 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Clinical support to social care, care homes and domiciliary care | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: MS | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: TB | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Rehabilitation bed-based care | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Urgent Community Response/Rapid Response team | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Weight management and obesity services | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Therapy interventions: Orthotics | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Community paediatric service | 9,790 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Musculoskeletal service | 442 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Podiatry and podiatric surgery | 58 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Therapy interventions: Speech and language | 188 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Therapy interventions: Speech and language | 45 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Rehabilitation services (integrated) | 1 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Audiology | 1 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Audiology | 80 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Continence/ colostomy | 16 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Therapy interventions: Occupational therapy | 51 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Therapy interventions: Physiotherapy | 18 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Neurorehabilitation (multi-disciplinary) | 9 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Therapy interventions: Dietetics | 3 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Diabetes | 14 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Wheelchair, orthotics, prosthetics and equipment | 16 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Therapy interventions: Dietetics | 4 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Lymphoedema | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Community nursing services (planned care and rapid response teams) | 5 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Community nursing services | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Respiratory/COPD | 1 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Therapy interventions: Physiotherapy | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Heart failure | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Falls | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Wheelchair, orthotics, prosthetics and equipment | 1 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Stroke | 1 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Intermediate care and reablement | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Therapy interventions: Occupational therapy | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Tissue viability | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Antenatal, new-born and children screening and immunisation services | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Nursing and Therapy teams support for long term conditions | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Home oxygen assessment services | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Vision screening | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Therapy interventions: Orthotics | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Clinical support to social care, care homes and domiciliary care | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: MS | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: TB | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Rehabilitation bed-based care | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Urgent Community Response/Rapid Response team | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Weight management and obesity services | 0 | people · May 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Therapy interventions: Orthotics | 0 | people · May 2026 |
Methodology
Published 18–52, 52–104 and over-104-week bands are summed for the NHS London region. A service is included only when every required band is present, so a source blank cannot become a zero. The source is minimally validated management information and service coverage has changed over time.
Provenance
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- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0