Joints and arthritis at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Arrowe Park rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 48 to 64 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 18 weeks and 9 in 10 under 48 weeks. 51% 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 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03570September 2024August 2026

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 202411.148.419.4
October 202411.646.921.1
November 202412.453.122.5
December 20248.749.323.5
January 20259.645.722.2
February 202511.152.222.2
March 202513.250.019.1
April 202518.056.114.6
May 202512.356.415.6
June 202516.055.815.5
July 202517.858.916.2
August 202512.656.517.3
September 202518.061.816.9
October 202517.659.718.7
November 202521.555.118.6
December 202519.656.318.8
January 202621.055.618.2
February 202615.252.919.0
March 202618.853.915.9
April 202617.756.315.9
May 202615.760.317.4
June 202616.060.218.4
July 202615.060.618.8
August 202648.063.517.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
4 to 26weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 26 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 117 people treated in the month.

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

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