Other medical services at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Ipswich and Colchester other medical services waiting times: most people treated waited 11 to 46 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 73% 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

Other medical services 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 20248.249.810.6
October 20246.837.19.9
November 20248.749.78.6
December 20245.945.39.4
January 20257.233.69.8
February 20256.531.59.1
March 20255.426.57.5
April 20254.922.78.1
May 20255.524.39.1
June 20254.928.28.2
July 20254.826.98.2
August 20255.924.59.0
September 20252.421.49.3
October 20257.022.37.7
November 20256.323.38.9
December 20256.826.19.9
January 20267.526.19.6
February 20267.234.78.0
March 20267.033.16.6
April 20267.128.97.8
May 20268.432.59.8
June 20269.340.19.4
July 202610.546.49.9
August 202611.245.610.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Oaks Hospital

Independent hospital, 0.3 miles away

7 to 36weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 36 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 20 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.6 miles away

10 to 43weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 43 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 318 people treated in the month.

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