Public services

• 7.37 million cases were waiting for planned hospital treatment in England in August 2026, 65.2% of them for 18 weeks or less Referral to treatment waiting list: cases waiting to start consultant-led treatment, and the share waiting 18 weeks or less, England, monthly, 2007 to 2026.
• 74.4% of A&E attendances in England were admitted, transferred or discharged within 4 hours of arrival in September 2026, and 50,582 patients waited over 12 hours from a decision to admit them Share of all A&E attendances admitted, transferred or discharged within 4 hours of arrival (per cent), and patients waiting over 12 hours from the decision to admit to admission (patients a month), England, monthly, 2010 to 2026.
• Ambulances in England took a mean of 31 minutes 18 seconds to reach Category 2 calls, such as strokes and heart attacks, in September 2026 Mean and 90th centile time from a Category 2 call to an ambulance arriving, England, monthly, August 2017 to September 2026. Minutes.