Long waits for community health services
People waiting beyond 18 weeks and beyond one year for each London community service.
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| Series | Period or category | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Community paediatric service | 17,014 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Musculoskeletal service | 12,925 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Podiatry and podiatric surgery | 2,275 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Therapy interventions: Speech and language | 1,598 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Continence/ colostomy | 1,454 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Audiology | 945 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Audiology | 877 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Rehabilitation services (integrated) | 768 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Therapy interventions: Speech and language | 624 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Therapy interventions: Occupational therapy | 621 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Neurorehabilitation (multi-disciplinary) | 483 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Diabetes | 458 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Therapy interventions: Physiotherapy | 417 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Lymphoedema | 229 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Wheelchair, orthotics, prosthetics and equipment | 222 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Therapy interventions: Dietetics | 180 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Therapy interventions: Dietetics | 178 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Respiratory/COPD | 155 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Community nursing services | 144 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Community nursing services (planned care and rapid response teams) | 134 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Therapy interventions: Physiotherapy | 64 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Falls | 63 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Intermediate care and reablement | 50 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Heart failure | 43 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Tissue viability | 21 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Wheelchair, orthotics, prosthetics and equipment | 19 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Antenatal, new-born and children screening and immunisation services | 10 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Stroke | 9 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Nursing and Therapy teams support for long term conditions | 8 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Therapy interventions: Orthotics | 7 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Home oxygen assessment services | 3 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Therapy interventions: Occupational therapy | 2 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Vision screening | 1 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Clinical support to social care, care homes and domiciliary care | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: MS | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: TB | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Rehabilitation bed-based care | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Urgent Community Response/Rapid Response team | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Adult — Weight management and obesity services | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over 18 weeks | Children — Therapy interventions: Orthotics | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Community paediatric service | 8,178 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Musculoskeletal service | 387 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Podiatry and podiatric surgery | 159 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Therapy interventions: Speech and language | 154 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Continence/ colostomy | 394 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Audiology | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Audiology | 99 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Rehabilitation services (integrated) | 1 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Therapy interventions: Speech and language | 75 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Therapy interventions: Occupational therapy | 32 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Neurorehabilitation (multi-disciplinary) | 3 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Diabetes | 12 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Therapy interventions: Physiotherapy | 60 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Lymphoedema | 2 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Wheelchair, orthotics, prosthetics and equipment | 15 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Therapy interventions: Dietetics | 15 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Therapy interventions: Dietetics | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Respiratory/COPD | 13 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Community nursing services | 2 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Community nursing services (planned care and rapid response teams) | 5 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Therapy interventions: Physiotherapy | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Falls | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Intermediate care and reablement | 1 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Heart failure | 2 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Tissue viability | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Wheelchair, orthotics, prosthetics and equipment | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Antenatal, new-born and children screening and immunisation services | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: Stroke | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Nursing and Therapy teams support for long term conditions | 2 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Therapy interventions: Orthotics | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Home oxygen assessment services | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Therapy interventions: Occupational therapy | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Vision screening | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Clinical support to social care, care homes and domiciliary care | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: MS | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Nursing and Therapy support for LTCs: TB | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Rehabilitation bed-based care | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Urgent Community Response/Rapid Response team | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Adult — Weight management and obesity services | 0 | people · July 2026 |
| Waiting over one year | Children — Therapy interventions: Orthotics | 0 | people · July 2026 |
Methodology
Published 18–52, 52–104 and over-104-week bands are summed for the NHS London region. A service is included only when every required band is present, so a source blank cannot become a zero. The source is minimally validated management information and service coverage has changed over time.
Provenance
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