Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist children hospital in Bloomsbury, central London, providing tertiary paediatric care across more than 60 clinical specialties.
RTT 18-week
73.2%
Far below standard
Waiting list
8,382
incomplete pathways across 5 specialties
Waiting 52+ weeks
232
Low 52+ burden
CQC rating
Good
Published 2025-07-23
The wait picture
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children ranks 96 of 266 English NHS providers with waiting lists above 1,000 on the 18-week RTT standard (73.2% within standard; 8,382 incomplete pathways). Longest published specialty median here: Mental Health Services at 24 weeks.
- 73.2%
- Incomplete pathways within 18 weeks
- 8,382
- Incomplete pathways on the list
- 24 wks
- Longest specialty median (Mental Health Services)
- 232
- Patients waiting 52+ weeks
Ranked on NHS England's RTT-June-2026 incomplete-pathway return against every English provider with a list above 1,000 (not only the trusts PlainNHS profiles). Specialty charts use rows with ≥100 incomplete pathways.
Care Quality Commission · Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
CQC key questions for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Published performance context
How this profile sits in the published data
PlainNHS converts the measures below into percentiles within the named comparison groups, then combines them into a transparent context score. It is not a clinical-quality rating, a referral recommendation, or a prediction of an individual wait. The official source values remain the decision-relevant record.
54/100 context score. Weights automatically redistribute when a source value is unavailable.
- 18-week standard: 64th percentile (50% weight)
73.2% of incomplete pathways were within 18 weeks. 266 English providers with 1,000+ incomplete pathways. Source: NHS England RTT incomplete-pathway return. - 52-week burden: 7th percentile (30% weight)
27.7 patients waiting 52+ weeks per 1,000 incomplete pathways. 266 English providers with 1,000+ incomplete pathways. Source: NHS England RTT incomplete-pathway return. - Published CQC band: 100th percentile (20% weight)
CQC overall rating: Good. 10 profiled English trusts with a matched CQC overall rating. Source: Care Quality Commission published provider rating.
A percentile describes this publication's comparison group, not care quality or likely treatment timing. CQC inspection bands and RTT operational data measure different things and should be read separately as well as together.
NHS England RTT incomplete return
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children incomplete-pathway return June 2026 · provider×specialty
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children · 73.2% within 18w · #96/266 · 8,382 incomplete
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children line from NHS England's consultant-led incomplete-pathway return (RTT-June-2026), compared with nearest within-18-week peers outside London. How RTT works → · Compare two trusts →
Specialty median waits at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Sorted ascending. Incomplete pathways with ≥100 patients from NHS England's consultant-led RTT return (RTT-June-2026). Showing all 3 published specialties with a median.
Share within 18 weeks by specialty
Sorted descending. Same specialty set as the median chart; useful when comparing queues inside this trust.
Waiting times by specialty
Incomplete pathways from NHS England's consultant-led RTT provider return. Longest published median on this trust: Other - Mental Health Services (24 weeks). RTT is reported by treatment function (specialty), not by individual operation - a hernia repair sits inside General Surgery, not as its own row.
| Specialty | Median wait | 92nd percentile | Within 18 weeks | Waiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other - Medical Services | 8 wks | 20 wks | 90.3% | 2,236 |
| Other - Paediatric Services | 12 wks | 40 wks | 68.1% | 5,882 |
| Other - Mental Health Services | 24 wks | 43 wks | 31.3% | 131 |
Source: NHS England Referral-to-Treatment (RTT) waiting times, RTT-June-2026. Specialties with fewer than 100 incomplete pathways are omitted. View source
Diagnostic test waiting times
NHS England's monthly Diagnostic Waiting Times and Activity (DM01) return for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, by test type. This tracks scans and investigations, separate from the specialty treatment waits above.
| Test | Median wait | Within 6 weeks | Over 13 weeks | Waiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audiology Assessments | 14 wks | 35.4% | 51 | 96 |
| Gastroscopy | 4 wks | 71.2% | 13 | 66 |
| Barium Enema | 3 wks | 100% | 0 | 20 |
| Colonoscopy | 3 wks | 85.7% | 2 | 28 |
| DEXA Scan | 3 wks | 100% | 0 | 55 |
| Echocardiography | 3 wks | 84.5% | 4 | 206 |
| MRI | 3 wks | 79.1% | 40 | 847 |
| Non Obstetric Ultrasound | 3 wks | 93.1% | 0 | 837 |
| Sleep Studies | 3 wks | 91.6% | 0 | 166 |
| CT | 2 wks | 98.6% | 0 | 148 |
| Peripheral Neurophys | 2 wks | 100% | 0 | 22 |
Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times and Activity (DM01), DM01-MAY-2026. Tests with fewer than 20 patients waiting are omitted. View source
Other NHS Trusts in London
Trusts with a similar RTT profile
Other English trusts with a within-18-week share within 2.5 percentage points of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children's 73.2%, ranked by closeness, outside London.
Trusts moving similarly this month
Peers whose within-18-week share moved in the same direction by a similar amount between RTT-May-2026 and RTT-June-2026. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children's change: +1.1 pp.
What to do next
Use Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children's published RTT return before you chase a clinical answer.
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children reported 73.2% of incomplete pathways within 18 weeks (8,382 waiting across 5 specialties on the June 2026 return). Compare with another trust
- Read how the 18-week clock and incomplete-pathway counts are defined in NHS England’s monthly release. RTT guide
Published operational data only, not medical advice. Contact your GP, NHS 111, or the treating trust for clinical decisions.
Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times · RTT-June-2026 CQC overall + five key-question ratings matched from the Care Quality Commission published provider file (cqc_provider_ratings).
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PlainNHS trust pages are rendered directly from NHS England RTT provider returns and matched CQC overall ratings, no number is typed in by an editor. Specialty waits and within-18-week shares for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust come from the live provider×specialty return on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of RTT-June-2026. Figures here are for context and comparison; clinical pathway decisions belong with your GP, NHS 111, or the treating Trust.