Joints and arthritis at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cheltenham General and Gloucester Royal Hopsital rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 22 to 46 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 68% 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 Gloucestershire Hospitals 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 202425.048.311.8
October 202423.745.711.6
November 202426.244.310.4
December 202424.843.612.1
January 202527.446.211.6
February 202524.145.512.0
March 202521.043.411.2
April 202522.843.811.3
May 202523.344.112.1
June 202527.444.910.8
July 202519.640.811.1
August 202526.147.511.3
September 202522.049.112.5
October 202521.243.911.9
November 202525.346.511.8
December 202518.845.912.9
January 202627.247.914.6
February 202628.449.912.8
March 202625.044.611.9
April 202618.043.812.1
May 202617.343.011.5
June 202615.839.210.3
July 202618.845.110.6
August 202622.346.311.9

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Shortest waitHas A&E
11 to 23weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 141 people treated in the month.

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

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