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Oral Surgery waiting times at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Incomplete pathways · Data: July 2026 · Source: NHS England RTT statistics · full trust profile

On the waiting list
8,996
Seen within 18 weeks
58.4%
Typical (median) wait
14.2 wks
Waiting over a year
126
Waiting over 65 weeks
3
Waiting over 78 weeks
0
Seen within 18 weeks
Oral Surgery · % of the waiting list
40%60%80%Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%58.4%50.2%April 202153.9%May 202159.4%June 202160.8%July 202161.1%August 202160.2%September 202158.1%October 202158.9%November 202156.7%December 202157.4%January 202255.6%February 202255.6%March 202270.1%April 202371.2%May 202370.5%June 202368.9%July 202366.8%August 202364.7%September 202363.8%October 202360.2%November 202354.0%December 202352.2%January 202450.4%February 202449.4%March 202453.2%April 202453.8%May 202451.5%June 202450.2%July 202448.4%August 202448.7%September 202448.0%October 202445.3%November 202448.3%December 202458.9%January 202559.3%February 202558.4%March 202556.3%April 202556.0%May 202554.7%June 202552.1%July 202549.6%August 202548.8%September 202546.4%October 202547.0%November 202547.6%December 202548.6%January 202650.8%February 202653.0%March 202654.6%April 202657.2%May 202659.0%June 202658.4%July 2026

How long did treated patients wait?

These figures are for oral surgery patients who started treatment in July 2026 — not those still waiting. The wait shown is how long they had waited before treatment started. It is typically longer than the current waiting-list figure above, because it includes people who were finally treated after a long wait.

Admitted (needed a hospital admission)
Typical (median) wait before treatment
16.9 wks
Treated within 18 weeks
51.9%
Patients treated
451
in July 2026
Non-admitted (outpatient)
Typical (median) wait before treatment
7.0 wks
Treated within 18 weeks
66.1%
Patients treated
1,727
in July 2026

Source: NHS England RTT statistics, completed (admitted/non-admitted) pathways. About this data

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