ShortestWait

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust East of England Area: Norfolk and Suffolk

At the end of August 2026, 31,209 patients were waiting for treatment at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 13.6 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
13.6 weeks
92% waiting less than
41.2 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
61%
Waiting over a year
802

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 3,316 11.4 wks 12.8 wks 34.8 wks 114th of 238
Urology 1,581 15.6 wks 12.2 wks 45.6 wks 159th of 180
Orthopaedics 2,076 10.4 wks 13.9 wks 31.6 wks 102nd of 299
Ear, nose and throat 3,562 21.0 wks 15.4 wks 53.7 wks 144th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 3,334 12.5 wks 10.4 wks 39.1 wks 265th of 301
Oral surgery 962 16.9 wks 16.4 wks 44.7 wks 59th of 112
Plastic surgery 152 12.4 wks 14.0 wks 33.8 wks 49th of 82
General medicine 4 4.0 wks 10.2 wks 6.7 wks under 50 waiting
Gastroenterology 1,384 14.0 wks 11.0 wks 45.0 wks 147th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 1,586 17.1 wks 11.9 wks 46.6 wks 117th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 2,384 9.8 wks 10.5 wks 30.9 wks 52nd of 111
Respiratory medicine 1,183 12.2 wks 10.4 wks 29.7 wks 94th of 120
Neurology 2,056 18.2 wks 13.2 wks 43.9 wks 78th of 87
Rheumatology 616 11.7 wks 10.9 wks 21.1 wks 84th of 120
Elderly medicine 17 3.3 wks 7.6 wks 8.6 wks under 50 waiting
Gynaecology 2,060 12.1 wks 14.2 wks 38.9 wks 64th of 176
Other medical specialties 734 8.1 wks 10.7 wks 25.9 wks 37th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 2,327 15.9 wks 12.3 wks 45.0 wks 98th of 113
Other surgical specialties 1,875 10.6 wks 11.4 wks 33.8 wks 68th of 129

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

Median wait across all specialties

  • James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 16 weeks to 13.6 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202613.6 wks
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MonthJames Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202613.612.2
July 202613.412
June 202613.911.9
May 202614.812.4
April 202614.911.9
March 202615.611.3
February 202616.313.2
January 202616.613.6
December 202516.713.5
November 202516.712.9
October 202517.313.3
September 202517.713.4
August 202517.513.5
July 202517.013.1
June 202516.513.4
May 202516.213.6
April 202515.413.3
March 20251613.9
February 20251614.2
January 202516.114.5
December 202415.714.2
November 202415.614
October 202415.914.2
September 20241614.4

Where it treats patients

James Paget University Hospitals 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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