# The elective waiting list, specialty by specialty

> Incomplete pathways, waits beyond 18 weeks and waits beyond one year across every consultant-led specialty in London trusts.

- Category: NHS
- Cadence: monthly
- Status: Published on a monthly cadence.
- Dataset key: `nhs-elective-waits-by-specialty`
- Source: [NHS England](https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/)
- Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 — [terms](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)
- Canonical page: [https://londongraph.com/g/nhs-elective-waits-by-specialty](https://londongraph.com/g/nhs-elective-waits-by-specialty)
- Machine-readable record: [https://londongraph.com/data/nhs-elective-waits-by-specialty](https://londongraph.com/data/nhs-elective-waits-by-specialty)

## Methodology

Latest full provider Referral to Treatment extract, summed across commissioners for active London trusts identified through NHS ODS. It counts incomplete pathways, not unique people: a person can have more than one pathway. Community pathways moved out of RTT in February 2024, so specialty changes around that date need care. Provider location is not patient residence.

## Visualisations

- [Overview](https://londongraph.com/g/nhs-elective-waits-by-specialty): Incomplete pathways, waits beyond 18 weeks and waits beyond one year across every consultant-led specialty in London trusts.
- [Distribution](https://londongraph.com/g/nhs-elective-waits-by-specialty?view=distribution): Show every published value around the median and quartiles.

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