Stomach and bowel at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Watford General gastroenterology waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 29 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 92% 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

Gastroenterology 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 202412.142.911.0
October 20249.939.410.5
November 20247.538.09.7
December 20248.338.49.8
January 20259.939.710.4
February 20259.741.111.8
March 20259.341.110.2
April 20258.441.211.2
May 202511.546.511.7
June 20255.746.011.2
July 20257.949.210.9
August 20257.550.611.5
September 202514.651.910.9
October 202511.049.110.9
November 20257.949.811.6
December 202515.649.511.6
January 202616.749.611.6
February 202618.247.010.7
March 202616.442.09.1
April 202612.138.49.4
May 202610.835.210.3
June 202611.832.89.0
July 202611.933.88.7
August 202610.429.38.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford

Independent hospital, 22.6 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
3 to 47weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 47 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 251 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.

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