Heart at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Poole and The Royal Bournemouth cardiology waiting times: most people treated waited 11 to 32 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 79% are within 18 weeks.

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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

Cardiology at University Hospitals Dorset 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 20249.837.512.9
October 202411.835.711.7
November 20249.643.310.8
December 20249.041.312.1
January 202511.237.611.4
February 202510.138.411.7
March 202510.435.911.3
April 20259.838.811.2
May 202512.236.410.6
June 202511.336.19.4
July 202510.334.18.6
August 20259.531.58.9
September 202510.332.28.7
October 20258.431.69.3
November 20258.427.59.1
December 20258.435.38.4
January 20269.729.09.4
February 202610.731.39.4
March 20266.126.99.5
April 20269.532.89.5
May 202610.236.510.0
June 202612.238.110.0
July 202610.632.510.0
August 202611.332.39.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
8 to 47weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 19 weeks, 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 225 people treated in the month.

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

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