Joints and arthritis at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Victoria rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 35 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 69% are within 18 weeks.

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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 Blackpool Teaching 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 202417.141.315.4
October 202421.841.015.1
November 202421.540.515.3
December 202416.542.715.1
January 202529.042.814.6
February 202515.847.115.3
March 202517.042.115.2
April 202524.043.714.2
May 202526.842.914.7
June 202517.839.815.1
July 202536.541.715.4
August 202523.043.615.7
September 202515.546.615.6
October 202529.647.416.0
November 202525.340.913.0
December 202527.142.412.5
January 202618.637.012.7
February 202628.150.413.0
March 202626.341.410.8
April 202624.941.912.1
May 202625.643.014.1
June 202620.533.812.2
July 202617.537.411.3
August 202615.334.810.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest wait
11 to 25weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 105 people treated in the month.

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

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