Stomach and bowel at Shirley Oaks Hospital

Shirley Oaks Hospital gastroenterology waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 47 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 78% are within 18 weeks.

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Shirley Oaks Hospital

Independent hospital

8 to 47weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 47 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 75 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 Shirley Oaks Hospital, 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 20246.715.58.8
October 20247.832.28.9
November 20247.542.36.6
December 20246.342.47.3
January 20258.850.16.7
February 20256.022.26.8
March 20257.023.97.0
April 20257.047.56.8
May 20259.243.34.1
June 20256.720.14.7
July 20257.019.94.5
August 20256.713.44.6
September 20256.614.04.3
October 20256.718.04.9
November 20256.313.66.4
December 20257.335.26.4
January 20268.029.15.3
February 20265.015.75.5
March 20266.317.45.3
April 20266.421.86.5
May 20267.416.07.7
June 20266.915.08.8
July 20266.820.210.4
August 20267.546.57.5

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford

Independent hospital, 15.5 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.

Has A&E
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.

Has A&E

Whittington Health NHS Trust

NHS trust, 13.2 miles away

5 to 23weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 491 people treated in the month.

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