Joints and arthritis at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Southmead and Bristol Eye rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 7 to 33 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 67% are within 18 weeks.

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7 to 33weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 33 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 368 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 Bristol 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 20246.047.412.3
October 20247.748.911.7
November 20246.348.411.3
December 20245.148.511.7
January 20258.348.011.2
February 20259.552.310.3
March 20256.445.29.2
April 20255.541.39.1
May 20254.546.39.4
June 20254.645.18.0
July 20253.738.38.3
August 20254.722.49.6
September 20256.526.110.0
October 20256.546.88.2
November 20255.838.37.7
December 20254.846.39.0
January 20265.431.110.1
February 20264.027.911.1
March 20267.033.97.6
April 20267.434.26.0
May 20269.627.85.3
June 20268.222.74.5
July 20267.042.010.2
August 20266.632.911.3

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

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