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Dermatology waiting times at The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 4,231 people were on the Dermatology at The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (69%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Dermatology across England

People waiting
4,231
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
68.5%
England: 69%
Over 52 weeks
6
Median wait
11 wks
Published median for this list

6 people (0.1%, roughly 1 in 1000) 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 8.7% of everyone waiting at The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance broadly stable

Published 18-week performance for Dermatology at this organisation has been broadly stable over the past 12 months (a change of under 3 percentage points): 68.5% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 70.5% 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
68.5%
3 months earlier · May 2026
67.5% then · change to latest +1.1 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
70.7% then · change to latest -2.2 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
70.5% then · change to latest -2 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
46.6% then · change to latest +21.9 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202668.5%4,231
July 202669.4%4,184
June 202667.2%3,761
May 202667.5%3,442
April 202671%3,508
March 202672.2%3,312
February 202670.7%2,989
January 202671.6%2,862
December 202573.5%2,766
November 202578.2%2,948
October 202573.7%2,998
September 202570.9%3,036
August 202570.5%3,359
July 202569.7%3,310
June 202563.5%3,546
May 202562.3%3,562
April 202563%3,389
March 202559.2%3,246
February 202557.5%3,281
January 202559.3%3,346
December 202456.9%3,618
November 202458.5%3,818
October 202456.4%4,347
September 202449.5%4,624
August 202452.3%4,645
July 202454%4,410
June 202452.3%4,368
May 202450.1%4,367
April 202446.6%4,582
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 dermatology 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 Dermatology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust6.8 mi1,62487%+18.4 pp
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust7.1 mi3,79156%-13 pp
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust7.5 mi1,20974%+5.4 pp
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust8.1 mi5,97970%+1.9 pp
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust21.6 mi3,06171%+2.1 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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