Children's services at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bedford Hospital South Wing and Luton and Dunstable other paediatric services waiting times: most people treated waited 9 to 46 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 15 weeks and 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 59% are within 18 weeks.

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 666 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

Other paediatric services 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 202413.942.517.9
October 202413.641.918.1
November 20249.643.817.6
December 20248.046.417.5
January 202511.844.817.0
February 20255.351.815.8
March 202515.146.615.2
April 20259.145.914.0
May 202514.950.513.0
June 20257.646.213.3
July 20257.846.113.9
August 202511.448.914.2
September 202513.949.714.3
October 202513.345.914.7
November 202515.244.313.3
December 202515.444.513.1
January 202614.645.712.9
February 202613.946.613.9
March 202613.147.512.9
April 202614.349.913.3
May 202611.847.414.3
June 202613.450.814.3
July 202610.344.914.4
August 20269.046.315.1

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Shortest waitHas A&E
9 to 21weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 416 people treated in the month.

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