Oral & Dental Surgery Waiting Times Across the NHS

The NHS Oral & Dental Surgery waiting list in England has 319,795 patients currently waiting for treatment, with a typical wait of around 16 weeks across 115 hospitals. In practice, Oral & Dental Surgery waiting times range from about 2 weeks at the fastest hospital to 29 weeks at the slowest. From GP referral to first Oral & Dental Surgery appointment, most patients (92%) are seen within about 39 weeks; the NHS constitutional target is 18 weeks. 7,421 patients have been on the Oral & Dental Surgery waiting list for more than a year. Waits for Oral & Dental Surgery are about 1.1 week shorter than in June 2025.

12-month change

Then vs now nationally

Jun 25→Jun 26
Typical wait
15.6weeks
â–¼ -1.1 wks
How long most people wait
Seen in 18 weeks
6in 10
â–² +1.6 pts
NHS aims to see everyone this fast
People waiting
320k
â–¼ -7.8k
On the waiting list right now
Waiting over a year
7.4k
â–¼ -5.7k
Been on the list for 12+ months
115
Hospitals you could choose from
16 weeks
How long most people wait
6 in 10
Seen within 18 weeks
7.4k
Have waited over a year

Common reasons for referral

Wisdom tooth removal
Jaw surgery (orthognathic)
Dental implants
Removal of impacted teeth
Jaw joint problems (TMJ)
Mouth ulcer investigation
Cyst removal
Biopsies of mouth lesions

National trend

Average oral & dental surgery wait across England, month by month.

â–¼ -1.1 wks

All hospitals

Hospital Region Wait Within 18 Wks 52+ Wk
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 2 wks
100.0%
-
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London London 4 wks
91.4%
-
Tees Valley Hospital North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 5 wks
90.8%
-
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 7 wks
86.9%
-
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 7 wks
77.8%
13
Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust London London 8 wks
80.3%
11
Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London London 8 wks
80.2%
2
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London London 9 wks
82.5%
-
University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 9 wks
75.5%
28
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 9 wks
82.6%
-
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust South West South West 10 wks
73.9%
9
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 10 wks
76.7%
-
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 10 wks
75.0%
-
Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 10 wks
67.7%
-
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 10 wks
72.4%
2
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes South West South West 10 wks
82.8%
-
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 10 wks
71.6%
24
Whittington Health NHS Trust London London 11 wks
69.1%
1
Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation Trust London London 11 wks
78.8%
-
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 11 wks
70.1%
4
Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
67.0%
37
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 11 wks
67.9%
12
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London London 11 wks
69.1%
22
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
68.1%
3
South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
68.2%
-
University Hospitals Bristol And Weston NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 12 wks
70.3%
-
Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust London London 12 wks
71.0%
10
Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 12 wks
68.5%
1
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 12 wks
71.9%
-
Somerset Surgical Services HQ South West South West 12 wks
74.0%
-
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 12 wks
60.1%
47
Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 12 wks
68.3%
40
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 13 wks
66.7%
-
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust North West North West 13 wks
59.5%
45
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 13 wks
64.6%
-
Barts Health NHS Trust London London 14 wks
60.0%
88
University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 14 wks
63.8%
26
County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 14 wks
61.3%
-
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 14 wks
62.7%
-
Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 14 wks
62.0%
26
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 14 wks
61.6%
85
Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 14 wks
58.1%
-
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 14 wks
63.0%
14
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 14 wks
60.2%
-
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 14 wks
59.0%
131
The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 14 wks
59.0%
-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green South West South West 15 wks
64.3%
-
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London London 15 wks
60.0%
17
University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 15 wks
60.4%
64
Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 15 wks
56.6%
1
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 15 wks
57.6%
62
Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North West North West 16 wks
56.0%
27
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 16 wks
57.5%
4
Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 16 wks
52.9%
105
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust East of England East of England 16 wks
56.6%
54
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 16 wks
55.4%
12
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 16 wks
55.9%
8
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 16 wks
54.8%
4
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 16 wks
54.2%
-
Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 16 wks
54.2%
32
The Westbourne Centre Midlands Midlands 16 wks
55.6%
19
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 16 wks
55.0%
58
University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 16 wks
54.7%
195
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 17 wks
53.3%
128
Wye Valley NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 17 wks
56.0%
4
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 17 wks
53.7%
434
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 17 wks
52.6%
8
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 17 wks
52.9%
111
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 17 wks
52.0%
-
Tetbury Hospital Trust Ltd South West South West 17 wks
64.3%
-
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 17 wks
52.1%
15
Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 17 wks
53.4%
3
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 17 wks
51.9%
54
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 17 wks
52.9%
-
East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 18 wks
51.3%
-
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 18 wks
51.4%
1
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 18 wks
51.5%
6
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 18 wks
50.7%
63
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 18 wks
49.7%
18
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 18 wks
49.4%
78
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust East of England East of England 18 wks
49.1%
50
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 18 wks
49.2%
32
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 19 wks
47.7%
51
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton South East South East 19 wks
47.8%
5
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 19 wks
48.4%
135
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 19 wks
48.3%
106
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 19 wks
48.2%
82
Isle Of Wight NHS Trust South East South East 19 wks
49.0%
9
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 19 wks
47.8%
10
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust London London 19 wks
47.3%
112
York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 19 wks
47.3%
145
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 19 wks
46.3%
16
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 19 wks
47.1%
23
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 20 wks
46.4%
23
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust London London 20 wks
45.4%
8
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 20 wks
45.2%
21
University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 20 wks
45.6%
401
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 20 wks
45.0%
183
Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 20 wks
45.4%
24
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 21 wks
44.3%
92
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 21 wks
44.1%
22
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust South East South East 21 wks
43.3%
404
Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 21 wks
44.0%
82
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 21 wks
40.6%
8
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 21 wks
43.8%
70
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 21 wks
42.5%
173
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 21 wks
42.6%
311
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 21 wks
42.5%
709
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 22 wks
41.2%
159
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 23 wks
41.6%
133
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 24 wks
37.1%
158
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 25 wks
33.6%
315
East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust East of England East of England 25 wks
36.7%
63
Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 28 wks
34.7%
1,018
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 29 wks
33.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is the NHS Oral & Dental Surgery waiting list?

The NHS Oral & Dental Surgery waiting list in England has about 319,795 patients currently waiting for treatment. The typical wait is around 16 weeks (nearly 4 months), based on data from 115 hospitals. Waiting times vary significantly between hospitals, so it's worth comparing your options before accepting a referral.

How long will I wait to see an oral surgeon on the NHS?

The headline NHS waiting time is the wait from your GP's referral to your first outpatient appointment, which is the first time you actually see an oral surgeon. Nationally this currently averages about 16 weeks. In our data it ranges from as short as 2 weeks at the fastest hospital to 29 weeks at the slowest, so where you are referred matters. Any tests, procedures or treatment that follow that first appointment may have their own waits on top.

What percentage of Oral & Dental Surgery patients are seen within 18 weeks?

Across the NHS, 58% of Oral & Dental Surgery patients are currently seen within the 18-week target. The NHS constitutional standard is 92%.

Can I choose which hospital I'm referred to?

Yes. Under the NHS Constitution, patients in England have the right to choose which hospital they are referred to for a first outpatient appointment. You can use WaitRadar to compare waiting times and discuss your options with your GP.

Source: NHS England RTT statistics. about our methodology

This is informational data, not medical advice. Always discuss referral options with your GP. Full disclaimer.