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Bedford Hospital South Wing and Luton and Dunstable rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 14 to 46 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 90% are within 18 weeks.

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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust

14 to 46weeks

Half seen within 14 weeks, 9 in 10 within 46 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 211 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

Rheumatology 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 202411.124.28.9
October 20247.533.48.9
November 20245.124.39.5
December 20245.832.810.5
January 20259.327.511.3
February 202510.540.212.2
March 202511.843.610.6
April 20259.949.210.3
May 20259.531.28.0
June 202510.244.07.5
July 20259.539.15.7
August 20255.631.46.4
September 20259.241.46.3
October 20258.431.86.5
November 20256.837.66.9
December 20256.637.77.2
January 20267.637.96.9
February 20268.340.25.6
March 20269.537.66.0
April 202610.454.47.1
May 20266.842.67.9
June 202611.858.98.3
July 202611.841.37.4
August 202614.246.48.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

NHS trust, 17.2 miles away

4 to 25weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 98 people treated in the month.

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West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust, 17.2 miles away

12 to 36weeks

Half seen within 12 weeks, 9 in 10 within 36 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 284 people treated in the month.

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

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