Joints and arthritis at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Conquest and Eastbourne District General rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 12 to 21 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 7 weeks and 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 89% are within 18 weeks.

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Shortest waitHas A&E
12 to 21weeks

Half seen within 12 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 295 people treated in the month.

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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 Sussex Healthcare NHS 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 202416.226.47.3
October 202412.623.56.9
November 202411.429.25.5
December 20248.117.75.3
January 20257.517.45.5
February 20258.414.85.1
March 20258.913.94.8
April 20258.613.86.3
May 20259.114.37.1
June 202511.516.36.3
July 202511.115.46.5
August 202511.517.87.1
September 202512.217.67.4
October 202512.218.27.7
November 202512.218.98.7
December 202513.218.98.6
January 202614.622.08.8
February 202614.224.88.6
March 202614.222.28.0
April 202614.122.88.6
May 202614.428.78.5
June 202613.619.16.8
July 202612.223.87.0
August 202611.921.17.0

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

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