ShortestWait

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust East of England Area: Essex

At the end of August 2026, 95,346 patients were waiting for treatment at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 13.5 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
13.5 weeks
92% waiting less than
39.4 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
61%
Waiting over a year
410

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 6,962 15.8 wks 12.8 wks 41.5 wks 210th of 238
Urology 6,157 14.3 wks 12.2 wks 41.0 wks 147th of 180
Orthopaedics 10,692 17.2 wks 13.9 wks 41.4 wks 259th of 299
Ear, nose and throat 10,902 17.5 wks 15.4 wks 39.9 wks 126th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 9,222 12.4 wks 10.4 wks 35.6 wks 261st of 301
Oral surgery 3,960 19.1 wks 16.4 wks 43.7 wks 82nd of 112
Plastic surgery 323 11.5 wks 14.0 wks 39.1 wks 41st of 82
General medicine 624 24.6 wks 10.2 wks 51.1 wks 61st of 62
Gastroenterology 3,802 10.9 wks 11.0 wks 37.6 wks 110th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 3,176 9.8 wks 11.9 wks 33.9 wks 38th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 10,569 10.4 wks 10.5 wks 30.5 wks 59th of 111
Respiratory medicine 1,578 8.7 wks 10.4 wks 27.2 wks 44th of 120
Neurology 3,865 19.0 wks 13.2 wks 44.9 wks 82nd of 87
Rheumatology 2,362 14.5 wks 10.9 wks 41.9 wks 105th of 120
Elderly medicine 180 4.0 wks 7.6 wks 10.9 wks 7th of 96
Gynaecology 9,387 14.8 wks 14.2 wks 41.2 wks 119th of 176
Other medical specialties 4,102 10.0 wks 10.7 wks 35.3 wks 65th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 723 10.2 wks 12.3 wks 26.8 wks 35th of 113
Other surgical specialties 6,474 8.5 wks 11.4 wks 36.7 wks 36th of 129
Other services 286 7.1 wks 8.7 wks 41.9 wks 44th of 119

Rank 1st means the shortest median wait among providers with at least 50 patients waiting in that specialty.

Median wait across all specialties

  • East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 15.7 weeks to 13.5 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202613.5 wks
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MonthEast Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202613.512.2
July 202613.812
June 202613.711.9
May 202613.812.4
April 202612.711.9
March 202612.911.3
February 202614.913.2
January 202616.113.6
December 202516.313.5
November 202516.212.9
October 202515.613.3
September 202515.313.4
August 20251513.5
July 202514.913.1
June 202515.213.4
May 202515.213.6
April 202514.813.3
March 202515.513.9
February 202515.814.2
January 202516.114.5
December 202415.914.2
November 202415.714
October 202415.714.2
September 202415.714.4

Where it treats patients

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of figures for all its hospitals, so the waits above cover every site below.

Sites come from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Some clinics a trust runs inside other organisations' hospitals are not listed.

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