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Know Your Wait

NHS Lothian

All specialties

Organisation code: S08000024

New Outpatient

Half of people waiting at 31 August 2026 had waited about 13 weeks (88 days) or less. (a year earlier: about 19 weeks (130 days))

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

39,039 of 79,598 people had waited less than 12 weeks.

Calculated by Know Your Wait by adding published figures from the same release. (Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients)

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

3,188 people had waited over a year.

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

Inpatient/Day case

Half of people waiting at 31 August 2026 had waited about 16 weeks (115 days) or less. (a year earlier: about 19 weeks (136 days))

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

8,832 of 21,858 people had waited less than 12 weeks.

Calculated by Know Your Wait by adding published figures from the same release. (Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients)

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

1,501 people had waited over a year.

This shows people already on the list as of , from Stage of Treatment Waiting Times - Inpatients, Day Cases and New Outpatients. It is not a prediction of how long you will wait. Waits change month to month and depend on your clinical need.

Published by Public Health Scotland

Hospital sites

This health board runs the following hospital sites:

  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (Midlothian)
  • St John's Hospital (West Lothian)
  • Western General Hospital (Midlothian)