Joints and arthritis at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

RCH (Treliske) rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 21 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 6 weeks and 9 in 10 under 16 weeks. 95% are within 18 weeks.

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Shortest waitHas A&E

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 16 weeks. 226 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 Royal Cornwall Hospitals 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 20245.318.34.0
October 20245.315.24.2
November 20246.115.84.9
December 20248.014.86.1
January 202510.120.26.3
February 202510.221.05.4
March 20258.220.26.2
April 20258.919.16.1
May 20259.321.05.7
June 20259.421.46.1
July 20259.021.96.4
August 20258.822.46.8
September 202510.220.77.0
October 202512.723.16.1
November 20258.620.86.5
December 202510.719.86.9
January 202612.121.06.6
February 202611.522.66.2
March 20269.217.65.7
April 202610.924.76.2
May 20269.821.55.6
June 20269.220.86.0
July 20269.020.45.4
August 20268.020.66.0

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

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