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Gastroenterology waiting times at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 4,194 people were on the Gastroenterology at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust waiting list and about 8 in 10 people (84%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · NHS trust · Gastroenterology across England

People waiting
4,194
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
83.5%
England: 69.7%
Over 52 weeks
27
Median wait
9 wks
Published median for this list

27 people (0.6%, roughly 1 in 167) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 13.8 percentage points better than the England figure for this service.

Why this page exists

This page combines facts that neither the organisation page nor the England specialty page shows on its own: the current published figure for this one service at this one organisation; how that figure has moved over the months we hold; the England figure for the same service in the same month; other NHS trusts within 25 miles reporting the same service; the published median wait and 52-week count for this list; the other services this organisation reports. This service accounts for 6.4% of everyone waiting at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

Gastroenterology, NHS England Referral to Treatment figures, April 2024 to August 2026.

18-week performance deteriorated

Published 18-week performance for Gastroenterology at this organisation has deteriorated over the past 12 months: 83.5% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 94.9% at the end of August 2025.

Share of people on the waiting list who had been waiting under 18 weeks, at the end of each month. Scale runs from 0% to 100%. 1 month is missing and shown as a gap, not estimated.
Latest · August 2026
83.5%
3 months earlier · May 2026
73.1% then · change to latest +10.4 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
79.2% then · change to latest +4.2 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
94.9% then · change to latest -11.4 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
92.9% then · change to latest -9.4 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202683.5%4,194
July 202682.8%4,289
June 202678.3%4,098
May 202673.1%4,261
April 202674.5%4,310
March 202676.2%4,000
February 202679.2%4,275
January 202682.3%3,993
December 202584.3%3,989
November 2025Not available—
October 202591.4%2,310
September 202593.9%2,883
August 202594.9%2,667
July 202595.4%2,563
June 202593.9%2,452
May 202594.8%2,202
April 202593.6%2,038
March 202593.5%1,764
February 202592.2%1,603
January 202592.9%1,868
December 202493.7%1,819
November 202493.8%1,775
October 202494.5%1,824
September 202493.8%1,433
August 202492.8%1,175
July 202491.5%1,171
June 202491.1%1,173
May 202492%1,342
April 202492.9%1,344
How we calculate change
  • Each month's figure is the number of people waiting under 18 weeks divided by everyone on the waiting list, from NHS England's published monthly files.
  • Changes compare the latest month with exactly 3, 6 and 12 months earlier, only where both months are published and the list has at least 50 people.
  • The 12-month label is "improved" or "deteriorated" only if the share moved by 3 percentage points or more; smaller moves are called "broadly stable".
  • Where NHS England reissued a month's file, we use the revised file. Months we do not have are left as gaps and never estimated.
  • Earlier months come from our archive of NHS England's published files and are checked against our current figures wherever both exist.

What these figures cannot tell you

  • These are whole-list figures for one specialty at one organisation. They describe the published waiting list, not how long any one person will wait.
  • This specialty covers many conditions and treatments. These figures are not specific to any one operation or condition.
  • Figures are published for the whole organisation, which may run several hospital sites. They do not show the position at any single site.
  • Patients are prioritised by clinical need, so people on the same list can wait very different times.
  • A higher share within 18 weeks is not a measure of the quality of care.

Other NHS trusts offering gastroenterology within 25 miles

Published figures only. These are whole-list figures for each organisation in one month; a different organisation's published position does not mean an individual referral would move faster there.

Alternative trusts for Gastroenterology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust9.8 mi1,01092%+9 pp
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust9.9 mi2,20266%-17.9 pp
Barts Health NHS Trust10.7 mi8,81965%-18.7 pp
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust11.6 mi6,33965%-18 pp
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust13.6 mi2,75572%-11.5 pp

What these figures cannot tell you

  • Where you are in a queue, or when you will be seen or treated.
  • How urgent your own referral is. These are aggregate waiting-list figures and do not show the clinical priority of an individual patient.
  • Anything about a specific consultant, clinic or site within a trust.
  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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