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National Waiting List

Population Size

2,851,645

People

Population Size statistic card

Years

2012

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

North West England: https://www.geonames.org/2641227/north-west.html

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

2-6 months

Lead time statistic card

Summary

The National Waiting List is a weekly data collection relating to demand, activity and waiting lists for elective care.

Providers of NHS services that fall within the scope of Referral to Treatment (RTT), such as acute trusts, specialist trusts and any other provider of consultant-led services for NHS patients (including independent sector providers) submit data weekly to NHS England.

The data will be used to support NHS England’s work on recovery and restoration of elective services.

Documentation

https://standards.nhs.uk/published-standards/national-waiting-list-weekly-minimum-data-set

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset population size

2851645

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Persons

Total number of distinct patients combined in from all datasets

2851645

Count

15 Jun 2025

Events

Highest number of referrals (clock starts) for Treatment function 110: Trauma and Orthopaedic Service based on the last 12 months

501065

Count

15 Jun 2025

Provenance

Source of data extraction

EPR

Collection source setting

Primary care - Referrals, Secondary care - In-patients, Secondary care - Outpatients

Patient pathway description

this dataset captures a patient&rsquos journey from referral to the start of treatment, tracked under the Referral to Treatment (RTT) rules.

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Weekly

Version

1.0.0

Modified

24/12/2025

Coverage

Start date

14/08/2012

Time lag

1-2 weeks

Geographic coverage

North West England: https://www.geonames.org/2641227/north-west.html

Maximum age range

110

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

NHS DATA DICTIONARY

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL

Format

text/csv, application/SQL

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Access rights

https://northwestsde.nhs.uk/for-sde-users/apply-to-use-the-sde

Time to dataset access

2-6 months

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

A secure workspace within the SDE will be implemented for each project. The standard package for a secure workspace includes a cloud-based VDI providing access to an instance of the platform and a suite of included tools. Further details can be provided on request

Jurisdiction

UK

Data use limitation

Research use only

Data use requirements

User-specific restriction

Data Controller

North West Secure Data Environment

Data Processor

Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit

Demographics

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: Primary care - Referrals, Secondary care - In-patients, Secondary care - Outpatients