Mouth and jaw surgery at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Watford General oral surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 19 to 55 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 17 weeks and 9 in 10 under 45 weeks. 52% 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

Oral surgery 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 202418.349.015.6
October 202422.254.215.2
November 202419.853.614.2
December 202418.648.014.4
January 202518.856.615.5
February 202518.058.115.9
March 202515.957.516.5
April 202523.156.914.7
May 202516.755.614.7
June 202516.657.113.9
July 202522.159.113.6
August 202518.454.916.6
September 202517.654.116.9
October 202516.854.817.3
November 202518.854.116.6
December 202517.753.816.2
January 202620.758.216.4
February 202619.654.917.1
March 202618.955.515.9
April 202617.853.514.9
May 202618.754.315.7
June 202616.652.215.6
July 202619.355.616.1
August 202618.854.817.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest wait

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 14.8 miles away

5 to 15weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 15 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 58 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
10 to 32weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 32 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 392 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
11 to 28weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 28 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 367 people treated in the month.

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

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