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Queen Elizabeth and University Hospital Lewisham rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 7 to 31 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 81% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 31 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 145 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 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 20246.441.28.1
October 20246.135.89.0
November 20245.737.58.9
December 20245.633.88.2
January 20256.135.28.7
February 20255.636.06.4
March 20255.137.56.9
April 20256.839.17.2
May 20257.226.08.2
June 20256.426.87.8
July 20258.048.88.0
August 20258.743.77.5
September 20257.530.08.5
October 20255.429.39.9
November 202514.032.39.2
December 202515.027.48.3
January 202611.325.912.7
February 202617.629.58.8
March 20269.327.57.2
April 202613.634.09.2
May 202616.234.512.2
June 202613.926.911.3
July 202612.032.68.1
August 20267.031.28.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital

Independent hospital, 12 miles away

3 to 23weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 45 people treated in the month.

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Whittington Health NHS Trust

NHS trust, 9.4 miles away

4 to 17weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 138 people treated in the month.

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6 to 10weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 10 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 3 weeks, 9 in 10 under 9 weeks. 72 people treated in the month.

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