West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustNHS
Bury St Edmunds IP33 2QZ
9 in 10 would recommendtrust-wide
Other mental health services wait−8w
Typical wait 4 weeks
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Mental health specialists in Colchester
mental illness, psychiatry and psychological care
Hospitals and NHS clinics providing other mental health services in Colchester.
The shortest wait for other mental health services care in Colchester is 4 weeks at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. The longest is 30 weeks at Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The England median is 6 weeks.
7 providers · 4 NHS, 3 independent
NHS RTT reports mental health waiting times as one combined figure. This includes adult mental illness, child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, old age psychiatry, eating disorders, addiction services, perinatal psychiatry, and other mental health specialties NHS does not report individually.
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NHS providers
ranked by median waiting timeCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNHS
Cambridge CB2 0QQ
9 in 10 would recommendtrust-wide
Other mental health services wait−3w
Typical wait 17 weeks
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation TrustNHS
Westcliff On Sea SS0 0RY
9 in 10 would recommendtrust-wide
Other mental health services wait+22w
Typical wait 30 weeks
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation TrustNHS
Colchester CO4 5JL
9 in 10 would recommendtrust-wide
Other mental health services wait+8w
Independent providers
appointment times are set by the provider and are not published hereOaks HospitalIndependent
Colchester CO4 5XR
No recommendation data
Typical wait time not published
Springfield HospitalIndependent
Chelmsford CM1 7GU
No recommendation data
Typical wait time not published
St Edmunds HospitalIndependent
Bury St Edmunds IP33 2AA
No recommendation data
Typical wait time not published
Waiting times: NHS England Referral to Treatment. Ratings: Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. Data retrieved 2026-10-25.