Skin at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Ipswich and Colchester dermatology waiting times: most people treated waited 12 to 41 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 71% 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

Dermatology at East Suffolk and North Essex 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 20245.745.313.7
October 20244.142.313.5
November 20246.240.213.6
December 202412.038.413.3
January 20256.239.713.4
February 20253.736.612.1
March 20254.839.99.4
April 20254.536.79.2
May 20253.036.610.5
June 20253.040.19.0
July 20253.739.58.9
August 20253.638.29.7
September 20253.937.711.1
October 20255.838.711.9
November 20258.539.012.3
December 202510.342.913.7
January 202616.847.912.8
February 202614.246.412.1
March 202615.043.09.4
April 202612.042.810.4
May 202616.144.711.2
June 202616.644.610.4
July 20268.742.010.4
August 202612.241.510.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.6 miles away

10 to 26weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 26 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 533 people treated in the month.

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

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