Mouth and jaw surgery at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dorset County oral surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 24 to 51 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 17 weeks and 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 53% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 24 weeks, 9 in 10 within 51 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 17 weeks, 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 134 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

Oral surgery 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 202417.958.716.8
October 202419.855.617.1
November 202419.557.119.2
December 202439.862.720.3
January 202530.860.620.9
February 202530.957.520.7
March 202533.358.221.2
April 202532.859.622.5
May 202536.859.623.3
June 202547.361.421.7
July 202538.557.420.5
August 202527.253.820.6
September 202516.853.120.6
October 202532.355.519.9
November 202528.356.817.1
December 202523.451.315.8
January 202618.952.815.1
February 202614.353.816.0
March 202624.457.514.1
April 202620.348.514.2
May 202618.145.815.2
June 202616.551.415.6
July 202621.749.515.0
August 202623.650.616.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
18 to 48weeks

Half seen within 18 weeks, 9 in 10 within 48 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 16 weeks, 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 616 people treated in the month.

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

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