Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

This trust runs Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital. NHS England publishes its figures for the trust as a whole, not for each hospital.

Official NHS figures: waiting for treatment

August 2026

86,732 people were waiting to start treatment at the end of the month, counted from the day their referral was received.

55%

have waited 18 weeks or less

England: 65%. NHS standard: 92%

16 weeks

typical wait so far

England: 12 weeks. Half have waited longer

3,500

waiting more than a year

4% of the list. England: 2%

Up to 6 weeks

23%

6 to 12 weeks

18%

12 to 18 weeks

14%

18 to 26 weeks

15%

26 weeks to a year

26%

Over a year

People whose wait ended this month

3,338 admitted for treatment, after a typical wait of 15 weeks
13,989 treated or discharged without admission, after 8 weeks

The clock starts when the hospital receives the referral and stops when treatment starts or the patient is discharged. People still waiting have not finished their wait, so their final wait will be longer than shown.

By specialty

Longest typical wait first. Tap a specialty for its own page.

Specialty	Waiting	18 weeks or less	Typical wait	England typical	Over a year
Plastic Surgery	4,942	44%	23 weeks	14 weeks	728
Dermatology	4,003	47%	20 weeks	11 weeks	239
Gynaecology	7,065	47%	20 weeks	14 weeks	494
Ear, Nose and Throat	6,701	49%	18 weeks	15 weeks	243
Cardiology	4,506	50%	18 weeks	12 weeks	108
Oral Surgery	2,410	50%	18 weeks	16 weeks	70
Gastroenterology	3,208	52%	17 weeks	11 weeks	102
Neurology	5,331	52%	17 weeks	13 weeks	153
Urology	4,253	53%	16 weeks	12 weeks	165
General Surgery	7,710	58%	15 weeks	13 weeks	283
Other Medical	7,496	58%	15 weeks	11 weeks	60
Neurosurgery	3,870	60%	14 weeks	13 weeks	109
Ophthalmology	9,306	61%	14 weeks	10 weeks	274
Trauma and Orthopaedics	4,784	61%	13 weeks	14 weeks	156
Rheumatology	1,213	67%	13 weeks	11 weeks	0
Other Other	3,215	63%	12 weeks	9 weeks	177
Respiratory Medicine	2,609	72%	11 weeks	10 weeks	5
Other Paediatric	1,748	71%	11 weeks	12 weeks	4
Cardiothoracic Surgery	381	75%	10 weeks	10 weeks	6
General Internal Medicine	579	77%	9 weeks	10 weeks	2
Other Surgical	1,297	65%	8 weeks	11 weeks	119

Fewer than 100 people waiting, so not ranked: Elderly Medicine, Other Mental Health.

"Other" groups cover the smaller specialties that NHS England does not list separately.

A&E, Hull Royal Infirmary

The official four-hour figures, and a timer for anyone sat in A&E right now.

I'm in A&E. Time my wait.

Clinics and centres

Named places you may know better than the specialty. Each has its own page for logged waits.

What patients report

Log a hospital wait

Official figures stop the clock at first treatment. We also count waits for tests, results and follow-up appointments, and how often the hospital cancelled.

Log your wait