Many trusts are beneath the NHS’ ready checklist targets
Over the previous 12 months throughout England, 1 / 4 of NHS trusts have seen ready instances worsening for sufferers. New NHS figures additionally present over 30 trusts are falling additional behind on targets.
The NHS goals for 92% of sufferers to start therapy inside 18 weeks of being positioned on a listing. However, present figures present fewer than two thirds of sufferers are beginning therapy inside this era.
Latest figures for November 2025 confirmed simply 62% of sufferers have been on a ready checklist for fewer than 18 weeks. This leaves greater than a 3rd of sufferers ready longer than 18 weeks to start out their therapy.
But whereas the NHS is at present falling in need of its 92% goal, figures for the UK have proven a slight enchancment in ready instances in contrast with the earlier yr. Waiting instances have barely decreased from earlier years, with 62% of sufferers at present ready lower than 18 weeks for therapy, compared to 59% in November 2024.
Across the nation East Cheshire NHS Trust has seen the largest fall in sufferers ready greater than 18 weeks for therapy.
Figures throughout Greater Manchester have additionally indicated an general fall in ready instances throughout the area, with each belief within the area, aside from The Christie, reporting an enchancment in ready instances from November 2024. However many nonetheless stay considerably beneath the goal determine set out by the NHS.
Across Greater Manchester, the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has reported the largest enchancment in ready instances from final yr. In November 2024, simply 48.2% of sufferers on the belief have been on a ready checklist for lower than 18 weeks, whereas the belief now stories 54.1% of sufferers are receiving therapy inside this time interval.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust has additionally seen a major enhance of sufferers being on a ready checklist for lower than 18 weeks. Figures from November 2025 present 73.6% of sufferers are on a ready checklist for the goal interval – an increase from 68.3% of sufferers the earlier yr.
Waiting instances at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust have change into barely worse from final yr, nonetheless it’s the solely belief in Greater Manchester which is above the NHS’s goal of getting at the least 92% of sufferers on their ready checklist for lower than 18 weeks. Figures from November 2025 point out 97.1% of sufferers at The Christie are on a ready checklist for lower than 18 weeks – a slight drop from 97.4% of sufferers receiving therapy throughout the goal interval in November 2024.
You can use the gadget beneath to see how the share of sufferers at your native belief who’re ready lower than 18 weeks to start out therapy, and whether or not this determine is bettering from earlier years.