Stomach and bowel at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Ipswich and Colchester gastroenterology waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 37 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 67% 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

Gastroenterology 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 202411.153.613.6
October 202411.653.213.6
November 202414.450.811.8
December 202411.247.311.9
January 20258.943.012.2
February 20259.943.911.5
March 20258.044.010.4
April 20255.940.711.2
May 20256.337.311.2
June 20255.336.012.0
July 20255.440.010.9
August 20254.438.712.2
September 20254.840.012.2
October 20258.850.312.4
November 20259.343.411.6
December 20258.548.012.2
January 202610.350.712.3
February 202611.050.411.9
March 202611.550.310.1
April 202610.147.111.1
May 202610.551.011.7
June 202610.750.211.1
July 20268.544.511.0
August 20269.636.610.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Springfield Hospital

Independent hospital, 20.8 miles away

10 to 20weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 20 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 35 people treated in the month.

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

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