Other: Medical Services waiting times at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

12week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 1,640 people on the other: medical services list here have been waiting longer than 12 weeks, half less. That is 1 week longer than a year ago. 57 of them have been waiting more than a year.

67%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

100 / 146

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

1 week longer than a year ago.

1 week of those were added in the last six months alone.

Median wait each month, 18 months to June 2026.

How the queue is spread

How the queue is spread, in four-week bands. The rule marks the 18-week standard. 30% of this queue is already past it.

Treating sooner nearby

Comparable providers within 75 miles reporting a shorter wait. You have a legal right to ask for any of them.

Provider	Miles	Median	Sooner by
Isle of Wight NHS Trust Newport	63 miles	7 wks	4 wks
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton	45 miles	8 wks	4 wks
North Bristol NHS Trust Bristol	68 miles	8 wks	3 wks
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol	65 miles	9 wks	2 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Trauma and Orthopaedic	3,481	21 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	3,015	17 wks
Ophthalmology	2,383	9 wks
Cardiology	1,795	16 wks
Oral Surgery	1,697	16 wks
Dermatology	1,519	9 wks

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Straight answers

About this figure

It’s about six weeks behind. NHS England publishes monthly, with a lag. This page shows June 2026.
It’s a trust-level average, not your wait. Your own wait depends on urgency, clinical need and which site you are treated at. Large trusts run several hospitals.
It counts people still waiting (incomplete pathways at month end), not people already treated.

This page presents official statistics and points to a right you already have. It isn’t medical advice, and it can’t tell you whether switching is right for you. Your clinician can.