NTPF Publishes May 2026 National Public Hospital Waiting List Data

The latest public hospital waiting list data was published today by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). 

According to the data, at the end of May 2026:

• 115,450 patients were waiting for an appointment for their inpatient or day case treatment.
• 40,986 patients were waiting to receive an appointment for their GI Endoscopy.
• 669,506 patients are waiting for a first hospital outpatient consultation.

In addition, the NTPF publishes data on Pre-admit, Planned Procedure and Suspension lists. 

34,049 patients are classified as suspended.  Patients who are temporarily unfit or unable to attend due to clinical or personal/social reasons are categorised as ‘Suspension’.  The Suspension category is also used where patients are being treated through various Insourcing or Outsourcing Initiatives.n and given a follow-up appointment for ongoing treatment or surveillance the number of patients on the Planned Procedure list increases.

The Pre-Admit data shows that 36,978 have been given a date for their Inpatient / Day Case or Endoscopy procedure.

111,643 patients are recorded in the Planned Procedure category and 78,333 of these patients have indicative dates in the future or have an appointment.  These are patients who have already had treatment and require further treatment at a future date (e.g. a patient who has had a scope may require surveillance monitoring scopes in the future) and have been assigned indicative dates for treatment. These indicative dates are determined by a clinician and treatment before these dates would not be appropriate.  As more patients are initially seen and given a follow-up appointment for ongoing treatment or surveillance the number of patients on the Planned Procedure list increases.

The reports can be viewed on our Interactive Dashboard or our downloadable Open Data reports.