Dorset County Hospital waiting times (July 2026 NHS data)
The typical NHS waiting time for every specialty at Dorset County Hospital in Dorset, run by Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, from the latest published RTT data.
Updated July 2026 · NHS RTT data
These are planned-treatment waits. For A&E or urgent care, which are measured separately, see NHS urgent and emergency care.
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The typical wait shown is the median for the whole specialty: half of the people waited less than this, half waited longer, measured from referral to treatment. For mainly outpatient specialties, such as rheumatology, dermatology and neurology, it is the wait for patients treated in clinic; for the rest it is the wait for patients admitted for treatment. Urgent cases are treated sooner, so a routine wait can be longer.
12 specialties with a confident sample at this trust, NHS RTT, July 2026. The NHS publishes one wait per trust, not per hospital site, so this is the wait for Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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For Ophthalmology, this hospital's busiest specialty, these nearby hospitals report a shorter typical wait. Under the NHS right to choose, you can ask to be treated at any of them, for free.
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