Leeds General Infirmary and St James waiting times
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust runs Leeds General Infirmary and St James University Hospital. Here is how long people waited for treatment there, by specialty, in August 2026.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, LS9 7TF. ODS code RR8.
Sites this trust runs: Leeds General Infirmary, St James University Hospital, Clarendon Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds Dental Hospital, NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber, Seacroft Hospital, St James's University Hospital. The figures below cover all of them.
Hospital waiting times near Leeds. A&E waiting times near Leeds.
A&E in September 2026
62% of 19,809 people at this trust's 24-hour A&E departments were seen, treated and admitted or sent home within 4 hours. 685 people waited over 12 hours for a bed after a decision to admit.
Covers every A&E this trust runs.
Waits by specialty
Each band runs from the point where half of patients had been treated to the point where 9 in 10 had.
| Specialty | Treated waits | Waiting now | Within 18 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology | 7 to 16 weeks | 5 to 14 weeks | 96% |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 5 to 33 weeks | 8 to 29 weeks | 79% |
| Dermatology | 4 to 42 weeks | 10 to 33 weeks | 69% |
| Ear, nose and throat | 7 to 64 weeks | 15 to 48 weeks | 57% |
| Elderly medicine | 8 to 11 weeks | 4 to 12 weeks | 98% |
| Gastroenterology | 8 to 39 weeks | 8 to 33 weeks | 74% |
| General internal medicine | 3 to 4 weeks | 2 to 3 weeks | 100% |
| General surgery | 5 to 28 weeks | 10 to 27 weeks | 78% |
| Gynaecology | 10 to 51 weeks | 14 to 41 weeks | 59% |
| Neurology | 13 to 34 weeks | 12 to 29 weeks | 68% |
| Neurosurgery | 8 to 37 weeks | 11 to 45 weeks | 66% |
| Ophthalmology | 9 to 30 weeks | 8 to 24 weeks | 83% |
| Oral surgery | 6 to 33 weeks | 11 to 31 weeks | 73% |
| Other medical services | 6 to 36 weeks | 10 to 34 weeks | 72% |
| Other paediatric services | 14 to 49 weeks | 15 to 41 weeks | 58% |
| Other services | 6 to 16 weeks | 6 to 29 weeks | 83% |
| Other surgical services | 4 to 42 weeks | 11 to 38 weeks | 65% |
| Plastic surgery | 11 to 58 weeks | 14 to 44 weeks | 60% |
| Respiratory medicine | 5 to 17 weeks | 5 to 16 weeks | 94% |
| Rheumatology | 18 to 41 weeks | 13 to 33 weeks | 63% |
| Trauma and orthopaedics | 21 to 65 weeks | 16 to 49 weeks | 56% |
| Urology | 5 to 38 weeks | 11 to 30 weeks | 68% |
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Questions people ask
How long is the waiting list at Leeds General Infirmary and St James?
At the end of August 2026, 89,297 people were on the waiting list across all specialties. Half had waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 67% were within the 18-week standard. Each specialty in the table below has its own figure.
Can I check where I am on the waiting list?
Not from this site: these are NHS England's monthly figures for whole specialties, not individual patients. The NHS App shows your own referral, and the hospital's patient advice and liaison service (PALS) can tell you your position and whether your referral is marked urgent. See how your wait compares.
How do I get seen sooner than the Leeds General Infirmary and St James wait time?
When your GP refers you, you can choose any hospital in England that holds an NHS contract, including independent hospitals the NHS pays for. If you have already waited over 18 weeks with no date in the next 8 weeks, you can ask to move. Compare every hospital near you first. Hospital waiting times near Leeds.