Joints and arthritis at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Musgrove Park and Yeovil District rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 9 to 47 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 15 weeks and 9 in 10 under 45 weeks. 57% are within 18 weeks.

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9 to 47weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 45 weeks. 139 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 Somerset 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 202418.449.213.4
October 202420.041.611.6
November 202417.240.810.5
December 202413.435.011.1
January 202514.539.812.0
February 202513.536.212.4
March 202511.637.910.0
April 20257.837.510.3
May 20257.736.611.5
June 20256.735.212.3
July 20257.738.310.4
August 20258.944.310.1
September 20257.837.912.1
October 20259.640.111.4
November 20258.839.310.0
December 20257.038.411.0
January 20267.539.411.4
February 20265.638.713.0
March 20266.037.914.1
April 20266.841.913.2
May 20267.745.612.6
June 20268.445.812.6
July 20268.444.713.3
August 20268.646.914.7

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

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