Mouth and jaw surgery at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bedford Hospital South Wing and Luton and Dunstable oral surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 21 to 57 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 22 weeks and 9 in 10 under 47 weeks. 42% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 21 weeks, 9 in 10 within 57 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 22 weeks, 9 in 10 under 47 weeks. 627 people treated in the month.

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Based on the waiting-now figures for August 2026. Not a prediction of your own wait: urgency decides who is seen first.

How the wait has changed

Oral surgery at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
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Shaded band: half to 9 in 10 of people treated that month. Line: the median wait of people still waiting. Weeks on the left.

The numbers behind the chart
MonthTreated, half withinTreated, 9 in 10 withinWaiting now, half within
September 202422.369.822.2
October 202421.565.021.7
November 202422.862.021.3
December 202417.662.221.6
January 202516.762.521.0
February 202517.465.221.2
March 202521.061.821.7
April 202519.759.622.1
May 202516.662.320.8
June 202520.358.820.1
July 202522.460.019.2
August 202517.458.919.0
September 202517.860.118.9
October 202515.956.519.1
November 202514.855.619.3
December 202516.055.120.7
January 202617.858.620.3
February 202623.456.919.4
March 202632.559.919.0
April 202625.359.120.5
May 202630.354.920.1
June 202630.157.321.2
July 202618.754.521.8
August 202621.257.122.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Has A&E

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

NHS trust, 17.2 miles away

12 to 46weeks

Half seen within 12 weeks, 9 in 10 within 46 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 245 people treated in the month.

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18 to 57weeks

Half seen within 18 weeks, 9 in 10 within 57 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 20 weeks, 9 in 10 under 49 weeks. 193 people treated in the month.

NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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