Hysteroscopy and polypectomy wait times

[pikapika88]

I have been diagnosed with a uterine polyp and am awaiting a hysteroscopy and removal of the polyp on the NHS.
Has anyone had one recently and know the wait times?
I am 33 and desperate for children, if the wait is months then I will need to go private but it’s a lot of money.

Near me it was 26 weeks in Jan 2020 so goodness knows how long it is post-Covid!
I went private (thanks to work's medical insurance) and had an initial consultation, MRI scan, hysteroscopy and uterine artery embolisation (for fibroids) in 3 months and that included 2 weeks over Christmas & New Year when nothing was happening.

Thank you for your reply. 26 weeks is longer than I expected, especially pre Covid!
I was first told of polyp in October 2019 but they did a second ultrasound and couldn’t see it so discharged me. Managed to get another ultrasound last month which showed the polyp had doubled in size and I just feel so annoyed that they didn’t deal with it 18 months ago and don’t think I can wait another year to get things sorted.
It seems private may be the way to go.

It might just be bad in this area but I was literally at my wits end with the heavy bleeding and couldn't wait that long. The private route isn't cheap - I haven't seen the full bill but suspect it runs close to £5k. An consultant appointment is usually £120-150, i had full set of bloods taken at my initial one which came to over £700, i think the MRI was about £1000, then I had the hysteroscopy done as a day case and the UAE involved an initial consultant and an overnight stay. Another advantage of going private is that they seem to do hysteroscopies under general anesthetic as standard whereas the NHS don't.