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Mouth and jaw surgery at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Ipswich and Colchester oral surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 22 to 51 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 19 weeks and 9 in 10 under 44 weeks. 47% 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

Oral 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 202417.655.615.0
October 202419.655.014.4
November 202418.954.115.6
December 202418.551.115.1
January 202528.655.215.1
February 202523.852.215.0
March 202520.352.116.2
April 202517.548.515.6
May 202517.549.917.3
June 202523.352.217.0
July 202523.649.817.1
August 202511.349.717.5
September 202518.150.817.2
October 202525.550.617.9
November 202523.951.317.9
December 202518.554.018.7
January 202626.452.418.7
February 202624.853.818.4
March 202631.154.116.9
April 202623.651.215.9
May 202627.751.316.8
June 202619.349.817.5
July 202621.451.018.7
August 202621.651.419.1

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

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