Hospital waiting times
Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust: NHS waiting times
No current published referral-to-treatment figures for this organisation.
NHS trust · South West · ODS code RDY
- People waiting (all services)
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- Under 18 weeks
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- England: 65.8%
- Over 52 weeks
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- Services reported
- 0
- with people currently waiting
Figures are for the whole organisation (trust level), not for an individual hospital site or clinic. The all-services total is the published organisation total, not a sum of the service rows.
Waiting times by service
Each row is one consultant-led service at this organisation, compared with the England figure for the same service in the same month.
| Service | Waiting | Under 18 weeks | England | Over 52 weeks | 6-month change |
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How this has changed
Month-by-month figures
| Month | Waiting | Under 18 weeks | Over 52 weeks |
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Diagnostic tests
Tests are measured against a separate six-week standard. Figures for June 2026.
- Hearing tests (audiology)2,457 waiting · 36.1% over 6 wks
- Ultrasound (non-obstetric)335 waiting · 1.8% over 6 wks
Nearby NHS trusts
Trusts within 25 miles that report waiting figures. Distances are between registered addresses, not travel time.
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · 1.3 mi67,378 waiting · 68%
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · 20.6 mi22,644 waiting · 61%
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · 22.5 mi29,733 waiting · 72%
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · 23.6 mi4,483 waiting · 87%
Contact details we hold for this organisation
Appointment letters carry the contact route for the team holding the referral. We only list contact details we have checked against the organisation's own published pages, and none are listed here yet.
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.
Related guides on this site
- Work out how long you've waited
Explains how the 18-week measure is counted and what a published percentage represents.
- How to switch hospitals for faster NHS treatment
Reference article on how hospital switching works within the NHS.
- NHS patient choice explained
Background on the legal basis of NHS patient choice.
- How to use PALS about a waiting list
Reference article explaining what a Patient Advice and Liaison Service does.
- Your rights while you wait
Reference article on what the 18-week standard is and is not.