Heavy periods · Ipswich · Gynaecology

Heavy periods waiting time at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Actual referral-to-treatment wait in July 2026.

NHS RTT data, July 2026

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About heavy periods

Heavy periods means losing enough blood that it interferes with your life. Signs include soaking through a pad or tampon every hour or two, needing double protection, bleeding through to your clothes or bedding, passing clots bigger than a 10p coin, or bleeding for more than seven days.

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More about East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

How long people have been waiting

5,224

4,078

0 to 18 wks

Over 18 wks

People on the gynaecology waiting list now, split by whether they have passed the 18-week target, July 2026. Whole specialty.

Before treatment: the ultrasound queue

An ultrasound scan is one of the scans often used before treatment, and it is a separate NHS queue. At East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 3 wks, with 6% waiting over six weeks (July 2026).

See the full ultrasound queue at Ipswich Hospital and faster scan alternatives

NHS hospitals near Ipswich

Ipswich Hospital (current)

0 mi

45 wks

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · West Suffolk

24 mi

10 wks

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Great Yarmouth

41 mi

19 wks

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Southend-on-Sea

41 mi

24 wks

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge

46 mi

26 wks

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow

51 mi

7 wks

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust · Canterbury

55 mi

15 wks

Weeks waited by patients treated in July 2026, whole specialty, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.

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How we know this

NHS RTT data, July 2026.

Gynaecology as a whole, not heavy periods alone.

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