Stomach and bowel at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free and Barnet gastroenterology waiting times: most people treated waited 16 to 42 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 71% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 16 weeks, 9 in 10 within 42 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 909 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 Royal Free London 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 202410.150.412.7
October 20247.845.212.6
November 20247.343.213.2
December 202410.444.613.7
January 202514.247.914.2
February 202513.249.114.3
March 202512.645.613.6
April 202512.051.413.3
May 202514.150.913.5
June 202512.151.513.4
July 202513.050.213.0
August 202517.850.912.6
September 202515.946.611.8
October 202515.050.312.3
November 202516.149.012.8
December 202515.151.713.5
January 202617.151.414.1
February 202622.949.812.8
March 202624.145.610.4
April 202614.943.710.8
May 202613.643.112.1
June 202615.245.611.3
July 202617.045.010.8
August 202615.942.311.1

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford

Independent hospital, 12.1 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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