General surgery at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Ipswich and Colchester general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 31 to 56 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 55% 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

General surgery 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 202411.562.917.2
October 20247.861.617.2
November 20248.061.117.0
December 20246.660.217.6
January 20256.261.517.7
February 20255.759.317.7
March 20256.658.717.4
April 20257.360.316.6
May 20256.358.416.9
June 20255.452.317.0
July 20257.257.816.8
August 20255.558.317.1
September 20254.856.517.5
October 202532.365.221.8
November 202537.763.622.2
December 202542.564.423.0
January 202644.664.322.4
February 202643.363.019.6
March 202639.860.117.3
April 202638.356.917.4
May 202637.453.817.0
June 202637.353.016.7
July 202633.253.016.5
August 202631.256.015.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Springfield Hospital

Independent hospital, 20.8 miles away

19 to 48weeks

Half seen within 19 weeks, 9 in 10 within 48 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 76 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Oaks Hospital

Independent hospital, 0.3 miles away

29 to 41weeks

Half seen within 29 weeks, 9 in 10 within 41 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 19 weeks, 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 30 people treated in the month.

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

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