ShortestWait

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust East of England Area: Central East

At the end of August 2026, 44,408 patients were waiting for treatment at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Half had waited less than 12.0 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
12.0 weeks
92% waiting less than
37.2 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
69%
Waiting over a year
393

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 3,380 16.4 wks 12.8 wks 44.4 wks 213th of 238
Urology 2,769 11.1 wks 12.2 wks 30.6 wks 90th of 180
Orthopaedics 5,047 16.9 wks 13.9 wks 43.5 wks 252nd of 299
Ear, nose and throat 3,095 19.6 wks 15.4 wks 47.5 wks 139th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 3,227 14.4 wks 10.4 wks 41.8 wks 283rd of 301
Oral surgery 2,842 17.4 wks 16.4 wks 45.0 wks 63rd of 112
General medicine 60 5.2 wks 10.2 wks 9.6 wks 15th of 62
Gastroenterology 3,428 8.6 wks 11.0 wks 18.3 wks 66th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 4,564 10.8 wks 11.9 wks 26.6 wks 54th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 3,602 9.4 wks 10.5 wks 23.0 wks 46th of 111
Respiratory medicine 1,148 8.2 wks 10.4 wks 22.5 wks 36th of 120
Neurology 1,250 11.6 wks 13.2 wks 23.7 wks 35th of 87
Rheumatology 937 10.3 wks 10.9 wks 27.6 wks 66th of 120
Elderly medicine 54 6.0 wks 7.6 wks 17.7 wks 36th of 96
Gynaecology 2,127 11.0 wks 14.2 wks 36.8 wks 49th of 176
Other medical specialties 1,826 9.2 wks 10.7 wks 23.9 wks 54th of 145
Other mental health 4 1.7 wks 8.4 wks 2.7 wks under 50 waiting
Other paediatric specialties 2,729 11.2 wks 12.3 wks 37.7 wks 53rd of 113
Other surgical specialties 2,175 9.9 wks 11.4 wks 26.8 wks 60th of 129
Other services 144 6.0 wks 8.7 wks 16.9 wks 24th 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

  • West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • England
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 14.7 weeks to 12 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612 wks
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MonthWest Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustEngland
August 20261212.2
July 202611.712
June 202611.611.9
May 202612.412.4
April 202611.711.9
March 202611.411.3
February 20261313.2
January 202613.413.6
December 202513.613.5
November 202512.912.9
October 202513.313.3
September 202513.313.4
August 202513.213.5
July 202512.413.1
June 202512.813.4
May 202513.413.6
April 20251313.3
March 202513.113.9
February 20251414.2
January 202514.214.5
December 202413.614.2
November 202414.114
October 202414.314.2
September 202414.714.4

Where it treats patients

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS 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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