Joints and arthritis at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Watford General rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 12 to 36 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 75% 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

Rheumatology 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 202443.070.415.4
October 202427.054.713.5
November 202429.575.712.7
December 202424.733.110.8
January 202517.036.710.8
February 202517.733.68.0
March 202513.526.87.4
April 202512.528.47.2
May 202510.230.28.4
June 202510.429.08.2
July 202510.930.57.0
August 20256.824.29.0
September 20258.424.910.3
October 20257.530.810.5
November 20256.832.311.3
December 202510.035.411.6
January 202611.637.112.4
February 20266.037.012.0
March 202614.541.010.9
April 20269.438.210.8
May 202611.636.911.3
June 202617.637.310.8
July 202611.534.410.7
August 202612.035.610.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital

Independent hospital, 18.8 miles away

3 to 23weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 45 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Whittington Health NHS Trust

NHS trust, 12.7 miles away

4 to 17weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 138 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

NHS trust, 9.4 miles away

4 to 25weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 98 people treated in the month.

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