Stomach and bowel at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Queen Elizabeth and University Hospital Lewisham gastroenterology waiting times: most people treated waited 31 to 53 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 65% are within 18 weeks.

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31 to 53weeks

Half seen within 31 weeks, 9 in 10 within 53 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 495 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

Gastroenterology at Lewisham and Greenwich 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 202431.263.416.6
October 202439.862.716.8
November 202431.462.417.2
December 202432.862.516.9
January 202530.065.016.4
February 202523.864.216.3
March 202526.662.816.8
April 202519.964.016.5
May 202514.063.417.8
June 202518.862.613.3
July 202527.263.311.7
August 202527.162.812.9
September 202540.461.913.7
October 202527.062.713.6
November 202522.858.015.2
December 202538.060.015.1
January 202640.059.815.9
February 202638.758.515.7
March 202639.959.114.8
April 202632.653.613.8
May 202630.853.614.3
June 202640.853.712.7
July 202637.652.612.1
August 202630.853.211.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford

Independent hospital, 10.4 miles away

1 to 3weeks

Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 3 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 2 weeks, 9 in 10 under 74 weeks. 231 people treated in the month.

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3 to 47weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 47 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 251 people treated in the month.

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4 to 24weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 174 people treated in the month.

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