Shorter Wait

Waiting times/Other: Surgical Services/Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Other: Surgical Services waiting times at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

12week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 2,068 people on the other: surgical services list here have been waiting longer than 12 weeks, half less. 4 of them have been waiting more than a year.

69%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

31

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

88 / 132

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

Not enough history to compare with a year ago.

Median wait each month, 18 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. 26% 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
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London16 miles1 wk10 wks
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London14 miles2 wks10 wks
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone53 miles6 wks6 wks
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford37 miles6 wks6 wks
Medway NHS Foundation Trust Gillingham51 miles7 wks5 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

SpecialtyWaitingMedian
Trauma and Orthopaedic4,4569 wks
Other: Medical Services7227 wks
Other: Paediatric Services6227 wks
Rheumatology4468 wks
Other: Other Services3424 wks
Urology966 wks
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Straight answers

About this figure

This page presents official statistics and points to a right you already have. It isn’t medical advice, and it can’t tell you whether switching is right for you. Your clinician can.