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Gastroenterology waiting times at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 2,773 people were on the Gastroenterology at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (71%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Gastroenterology across England

People waiting
2,773
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
70.5%
England: 69.7%
Over 52 weeks
14
Median wait
11 wks
Published median for this list

14 people (0.5%, roughly 1 in 200) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is broadly in line with the England picture 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 8.3% of everyone waiting at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for Gastroenterology at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 70.5% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 58.1% 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%.
Latest · August 2026
70.5%
3 months earlier · May 2026
62.7% then · change to latest +7.8 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
57.9% then · change to latest +12.7 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
58.1% then · change to latest +12.4 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
56.3% then · change to latest +14.3 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202670.5%2,773
July 202667.4%2,909
June 202666.2%2,930
May 202662.7%3,054
April 202661.4%3,268
March 202662.2%3,299
February 202657.9%3,483
January 202657%3,521
December 202556.8%3,705
November 202557.8%3,753
October 202556.7%3,754
September 202559.5%3,721
August 202558.1%3,693
July 202561.5%3,713
June 202561.3%3,557
May 202561.4%3,441
April 202562.5%3,347
March 202564.9%3,342
February 202564.2%3,359
January 202563.7%3,360
December 202464.8%3,578
November 202463%3,693
October 202462.3%3,854
September 202462.4%3,925
August 202462.3%3,891
July 202463.9%3,954
June 202459.6%3,967
May 202458.3%3,947
April 202456.3%3,962
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
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust9.7 mi1,61069%-1.8 pp
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust13.3 mi4,19251%-19.7 pp
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust19.4 mi4,19975%+4.1 pp
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust19.8 mi1,67175%+4.3 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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