Mouth and jaw surgery at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Darlington Memorial and University of Durham oral surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 38 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 60% 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

Oral surgery at County Durham and Darlington 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 202414.852.615.1
October 202413.352.915.9
November 202419.054.116.5
December 202415.549.717.7
January 202532.349.818.1
February 202526.046.417.8
March 202526.844.218.1
April 202524.743.915.8
May 202526.345.413.7
June 202518.341.612.2
July 202519.839.912.2
August 202520.540.813.0
September 202519.340.313.5
October 202519.336.712.1
November 202513.331.810.9
December 20259.031.810.9
January 202612.334.811.4
February 202614.536.212.3
March 202611.837.511.7
April 202618.841.812.0
May 202620.042.313.4
June 202611.542.813.6
July 202617.540.013.3
August 202610.038.013.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Tees Valley Hospital

Independent hospital, 12.6 miles away

7 to 15weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 15 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 231 people treated in the month.

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

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