Skin at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Poole and The Royal Bournemouth dermatology waiting times: most people treated waited 5 to 46 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 67% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 46 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 1,215 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

Dermatology 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 20245.829.710.9
October 20245.030.911.5
November 20245.237.011.6
December 20244.528.112.8
January 20255.532.012.0
February 20254.941.111.7
March 20254.441.610.9
April 20255.442.59.5
May 20254.631.57.7
June 20254.330.46.9
July 20254.428.67.6
August 20254.423.69.4
September 20255.430.710.3
October 20254.527.311.9
November 20254.633.412.6
December 20254.233.314.5
January 20265.036.513.9
February 20264.635.912.9
March 20265.444.111.6
April 20265.548.712.1
May 20265.738.411.8
June 20266.249.010.3
July 20265.145.910.3
August 20265.045.811.1

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

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