Heart at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dorset County cardiology waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 47 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 19 weeks and 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 49% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 47 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 19 weeks, 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 225 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

Cardiology at Dorset County Hospital 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 20247.135.312.7
October 20249.840.511.4
November 20248.542.311.6
December 20245.138.111.3
January 20259.340.910.2
February 202511.337.59.2
March 20256.031.69.9
April 20256.830.710.9
May 20258.432.011.1
June 20257.733.512.1
July 20257.333.511.5
August 20256.835.810.2
September 20256.234.210.0
October 20255.830.810.3
November 20255.036.110.4
December 20255.933.210.4
January 20266.125.811.8
February 20265.032.913.6
March 20264.342.012.4
April 20265.942.513.2
May 20266.942.014.9
June 20269.043.715.4
July 20266.845.817.0
August 20268.146.918.5

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

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