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York and Scarborough General rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 13 to 28 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 23 weeks. 84% 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 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation 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 20249.725.810.7
October 202410.224.610.2
November 20248.124.19.7
December 20249.028.011.1
January 20258.136.610.2
February 20258.435.78.4
March 20256.336.56.2
April 20254.023.96.1
May 20254.322.55.8
June 20255.331.36.0
July 20256.423.66.9
August 20255.419.68.3
September 20259.419.28.6
October 202510.723.17.5
November 20258.627.68.1
December 202510.427.78.3
January 20268.830.08.7
February 20269.831.38.3
March 20269.328.08.3
April 202611.030.88.3
May 20269.729.47.6
June 202610.629.18.3
July 202611.627.78.0
August 202613.028.28.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 17.7 miles away

7 to 15weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 15 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 117 people treated in the month.

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

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