Joints and arthritis at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Lister rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 33 to 42 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 15 weeks and 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 58% 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 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS 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 202434.745.718.3
October 202437.847.417.7
November 202436.347.218.7
December 202436.547.517.7
January 202533.047.017.0
February 202533.849.016.2
March 202531.641.516.3
April 202528.639.815.5
May 202530.242.115.3
June 202528.439.413.9
July 202528.841.414.0
August 202528.940.115.3
September 202526.439.614.4
October 202526.037.113.7
November 202525.636.514.5
December 202527.637.614.0
January 202627.240.614.7
February 202628.838.814.7
March 202627.536.814.0
April 202629.940.914.3
May 202629.741.615.8
June 202631.741.116.3
July 202633.341.014.6
August 202633.342.515.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital

Independent hospital, 23.2 miles away

3 to 23weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 45 people treated in the month.

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Whittington Health NHS Trust

NHS trust, 24.9 miles away

4 to 17weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 138 people treated in the month.

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