Referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times statistics, July 2026 data
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- Diabetes and insurance cover: type 1, type 2 and underwriting
- Endometriosis, fibroids, PCOS and insurance cover
- Epilepsy and insurance cover
- Health insurance costs where you live: how location shapes price
- Heart conditions and insurance: cover, underwriting and claims
- High blood pressure and insurance: how underwriters treat it
- How the NHS and private healthcare fit together
- Insurance after a heart attack: what you can still get
- Menopause and insurance cover
- Neurological conditions and insurance cover
- Private health insurance in Birmingham and the Midlands
- Private health insurance in London: hospitals, costs and choices
- Private health insurance in Manchester and the North West
- Private health insurance in Northern Ireland
- Private health insurance in rural areas of the UK
- Private health insurance in Scotland: NHS context and cover
- Private health insurance in Wales: NHS context and cover
- Private healthcare in Brighton
- Private healthcare in Bristol
- Private healthcare in Cambridge
- Private healthcare in England
- Private healthcare in Leeds
- Private healthcare in Leicester
- Private healthcare in Liverpool
- Private healthcare in Newcastle
- Private healthcare in Nottingham
- Private healthcare in Oxford
- Private healthcare in Reading
- Private healthcare in Sheffield
- Private healthcare in Southampton
- Self-pay healthcare costs explained: paying for treatment directly
- Stroke, TIA and insurance cover
- Weight, cholesterol and insurance underwriting
- What does private health insurance cover?
- What is the NHS 18-week waiting time standard?
My Planned Care — hospital waiting time information
Cited on 13 pages
- Private healthcare in Brighton
- Private healthcare in Bristol
- Private healthcare in Cambridge
- Private healthcare in England
- Private healthcare in Leeds
- Private healthcare in Leicester
- Private healthcare in Liverpool
- Private healthcare in Newcastle
- Private healthcare in Nottingham
- Private healthcare in Oxford
- Private healthcare in Reading
- Private healthcare in Sheffield
- Private healthcare in Southampton
Cancer Waiting Times, June 2026 — Provider Based — Provisional
Cited on 10 pages
- Can you get health insurance after cancer?
- Does private health insurance cover cancer surgery?
- Does private health insurance cover cancer treatment?
- Does private health insurance cover chemotherapy?
- Does private health insurance cover radiotherapy?
- How do you make a cancer claim on health insurance?
- How does health insurance treat pre-existing cancer?
- How much does private cancer treatment cost in the UK?
- NHS and private cancer care: access and payment
- What limits apply to private cancer cover?
Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times Data 2026–27
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- Can you switch from an NHS waiting list to private treatment?
- Does going private affect your NHS care?
- Does health insurance help you skip NHS waiting lists?
- How are NHS referral-to-treatment waiting times counted?
- How do NHS waiting lists actually work?
- How do NHS waiting times differ across the UK?
- How long are NHS waiting times right now?
- What are your rights while waiting for NHS treatment?
- What does private treatment cost when the NHS wait is long?
- What is NHS patient choice and how do you use it?
Elective recovery: a partnership agreement between the NHS and the independent sector
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- Can you switch from an NHS waiting list to private treatment?
- Does going private affect your NHS care?
- Does health insurance help you skip NHS waiting lists?
- How are NHS referral-to-treatment waiting times counted?
- How do NHS waiting lists actually work?
- How do NHS waiting times differ across the UK?
- How long are NHS waiting times right now?
- What are your rights while waiting for NHS treatment?
- What does private treatment cost when the NHS wait is long?
- What is NHS patient choice and how do you use it?
Health service hits 18-week target amid half-a-million waiting list drop
Cited on 10 pages
- Can you switch from an NHS waiting list to private treatment?
- Does going private affect your NHS care?
- Does health insurance help you skip NHS waiting lists?
- How are NHS referral-to-treatment waiting times counted?
- How do NHS waiting lists actually work?
- How do NHS waiting times differ across the UK?
- How long are NHS waiting times right now?
- What are your rights while waiting for NHS treatment?
- What does private treatment cost when the NHS wait is long?
- What is NHS patient choice and how do you use it?
NHS referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times data, July 2026 — Statistical Press Notice
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- Can you switch from an NHS waiting list to private treatment?
- Does going private affect your NHS care?
- Does health insurance help you skip NHS waiting lists?
- How are NHS referral-to-treatment waiting times counted?
- How do NHS waiting lists actually work?
- How do NHS waiting times differ across the UK?
- How long are NHS waiting times right now?
- What are your rights while waiting for NHS treatment?
- What does private treatment cost when the NHS wait is long?
- What is NHS patient choice and how do you use it?
Patient choice guidance
Cited on 10 pages
- Can you switch from an NHS waiting list to private treatment?
- Does going private affect your NHS care?
- Does health insurance help you skip NHS waiting lists?
- How are NHS referral-to-treatment waiting times counted?
- How do NHS waiting lists actually work?
- How do NHS waiting times differ across the UK?
- How long are NHS waiting times right now?
- What are your rights while waiting for NHS treatment?
- What does private treatment cost when the NHS wait is long?
- What is NHS patient choice and how do you use it?
Reforming elective care for patients
Cited on 10 pages
- Can you switch from an NHS waiting list to private treatment?
- Does going private affect your NHS care?
- Does health insurance help you skip NHS waiting lists?
- How are NHS referral-to-treatment waiting times counted?
- How do NHS waiting lists actually work?
- How do NHS waiting times differ across the UK?
- How long are NHS waiting times right now?
- What are your rights while waiting for NHS treatment?
- What does private treatment cost when the NHS wait is long?
- What is NHS patient choice and how do you use it?
Referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times data 2025-26
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More publishers we cite
Publishers cited on the same guides as NHS England:
- NHS
- Financial Ombudsman Service
- Financial Conduct Authority
- Public Health Scotland
- Care Quality Commission
- UK Parliament (legislation.gov.uk)
How we use sources
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