Heart at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Watford General cardiology waiting times: most people treated waited 19 to 38 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 78% 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 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS 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 202421.662.517.8
October 202428.055.216.3
November 202433.657.215.1
December 202425.453.013.3
January 202521.046.313.5
February 202518.351.212.8
March 202519.345.311.5
April 202514.343.711.9
May 202518.143.912.7
June 202522.144.312.3
July 202521.343.711.2
August 202517.642.011.7
September 202518.341.711.5
October 202517.039.511.2
November 202517.540.311.4
December 202516.640.112.1
January 202620.242.211.3
February 202622.439.610.9
March 202616.940.59.8
April 202617.039.111.2
May 202618.640.312.1
June 202618.938.210.5
July 202617.636.110.4
August 202618.937.610.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital

Independent hospital, 18.8 miles away

4 to 6weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 6 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 3 weeks, 9 in 10 under 8 weeks. 61 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Whittington Health NHS Trust

NHS trust, 12.7 miles away

8 to 31weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 31 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 194 people treated in the month.

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