Joints and arthritis at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Ipswich and Colchester rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 25 to 50 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 58% 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

Rheumatology 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 202411.521.27.3
October 202410.020.86.6
November 202410.421.67.2
December 20248.720.97.3
January 202512.323.47.3
February 202510.621.86.9
March 202512.025.56.8
April 202510.122.87.9
May 202511.724.98.6
June 202512.926.39.2
July 202513.026.19.5
August 202514.927.110.3
September 202516.429.910.8
October 202516.829.212.3
November 202513.332.313.7
December 202513.431.315.3
January 202617.338.116.3
February 202622.345.416.4
March 202625.444.015.3
April 202629.347.714.6
May 202617.644.815.8
June 202623.648.316.1
July 202628.849.615.3
August 202625.549.814.5

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.6 miles away

13 to 30weeks

Half seen within 13 weeks, 9 in 10 within 30 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 23 weeks. 104 people treated in the month.

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

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