Seen Sooner

Waiting times/Oral Surgery/Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Oral Surgery waiting times at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

16week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 1,697 people on the oral surgery list here have been waiting longer than 16 weeks, half less. That is 6 weeks shorter than a year ago. It is about 1 week shorter than the England average for this specialty.

58%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

40

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

54 / 112

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

6 weeks shorter than a year ago.

Median wait each month, 13 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 — 38% 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.

ProviderMilesMedianSooner by
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes Devizes6010 wks5 wks
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter5811 wks4 wks
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol6512 wks4 wks
Somerset Surgical Services Hq Weston-Super-Mare6012 wks4 wks
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury4613 wks2 wks
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Straight answers

About this figure

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