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Waiting times/Trauma and Orthopaedic

Trauma and Orthopaedic waiting times
by hospital

Every provider in England reporting trauma and orthopaedic waits in June 2026, shortest first. You have a legal right to choose any of them.

14

week England average

37

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

829k

people waiting across 301 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 37 weeks sooner elsewhere, if they know to ask. The median also hides the tail: 18,937 of the 829,383 people on this list nationally have been waiting more than a year.

#ProviderMedianWithin 18wkWaitingYear
1Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham3 wks99%78
2Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Bodmin4 wks99%99
3Epsomedical Group Cobham4 wks97%85
4First Community Health and Care Cic Redhill4 wks94%960
5Provide Enterprises Colchester5 wks100%251
6Nuffield Health, Guildford Hospital Guildford5 wks90%52
7Clementine Churchill Hospital Harrow5 wks98%690
8Probus Surgical Centre Truro5 wks98%102
9Bishops Wood Hospital Northwood5 wks95%330
10Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth Portsmouth6 wks97%427
11Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital London6 wks88%476
12Nuffield Health, Leicester Hospital Leicester6 wks91%430
13Sloane Hospital Beckenham6 wks83%330
14Nuffield Health, Woking Hospital Woking6 wks85%202
15Independent Health Group Bath6 wks85%244
16The New Foscote Hospital Ltd London7 wks93%148
17Sirona Care & Health Bristol7 wks98%3,861
18Chiltern Hospital Great Missenden7 wks85%308
19Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Ashford7 wks100%3,434
20Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green Bristol7 wks90%743
21Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Preston7 wks91%3,790
22Spire Alexandra Hospital Chatham7 wks89%325
23Kims Hospital (Newnham Court) Maidstone7 wks88%793
24Lancaster Private Hospital Lancaster7 wks89%202
25East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn7 wks79%6,761
26Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Thornton Heath7 wks80%3,896
27Meriden Hospital Coventry7 wks83%1,171
28Practice Plus Group Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth7 wks84%1,307
29Spire Leicester Hospital Leicester7 wks87%504
30Spire Manchester Hospital Manchester7 wks87%504
31London Independent Hospital London7 wks84%2,023
32Hendon Hospital London7 wks86%381
33Chelsfield Park Hospital Orpington7 wks81%314
34Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital London8 wks82%383
35Runnymede Hospital Chertsey8 wks80%162
36South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick8 wks84%3,521
37Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton Southampton8 wks81%1,223
38Spire Bushey Hospital Bushey8 wks91%573
39Kings Oak Hospital Enfield8 wks79%764
40Priory Hospital Birmingham8 wks80%543
41Nuffield Health, Wolverhampton Hospital Wolverhampton8 wks83%207
42Manchester Surgical Services Ltd Manchester8 wks83%108
43Orthopaedics & Spine Specialist Hospital Site Peterborough8 wks92%174
44University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham8 wks78%4,061
45North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Hartlepool8 wks86%6,724
46Bath Clinic Bath8 wks84%497
47Nuffield Hospital Oxford (the Manor) Oxford8 wks81%111
48Spire Methley Park Hospital Leeds8 wks83%647
49East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea8 wks78%10,146
50Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Southampton8 wks85%3,461
51Huddersfield Private Hospital Huddersfield8 wks90%609
52Exeter Medical Exeter8 wks84%57
53Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Redhill9 wks81%776
54Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust Stanmore9 wks75%4,456
55Beardwood Hospital Blackburn9 wks77%1,401
56Spire Little Aston Hospital Sutton Coldfield9 wks71%979
57University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London9 wks77%3,323
58One Ashford Hospital Ashford9 wks81%786
59Park Hill Hospital Doncaster9 wks83%734
60St Hugh's Hospital Grimsby9 wks83%1,545
61Clifton Park Hospital York9 wks71%1,568
62County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington9 wks74%10,577
63Whittington Health NHS Trust London9 wks78%2,202
64Cavell Hospital Enfield9 wks75%601
65Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading9 wks87%2,072
66George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton9 wks77%2,003
67Woodthorpe Hospital Nottingham9 wks77%2,068
68The Westbourne Centre Birmingham9 wks76%256
69Woodlands Hospital Darlington9 wks76%699
70Tyneside Surgical Services Ltd Gateshead9 wks80%546
71Spire St Anthony's Hospital Sutton9 wks83%122
72Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral9 wks73%405
73The One Health Group Plc Sheffield9 wks78%1,561
74Stourside Hospital Stourbridge9 wks72%1,188
75Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes Devizes9 wks78%422
76Practice Plus Group Hospital - Barlborough Chesterfield9 wks76%1,790
77Shirley Oaks Hospital Croydon9 wks72%473
78Duchy Hospital Harrogate9 wks80%263
79Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone10 wks78%4,237
80Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust Shrewsbury10 wks85%7,011
81Spire Regency Hospital Macclesfield10 wks86%847
82Spire Cheshire Hospital Warrington10 wks79%569
83Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford Ilford10 wks76%2,199
84Benenden Hospital Cranbrook10 wks77%745
85Lincoln Private Hospital Lincoln10 wks69%942
86Chaucer Hospital Canterbury10 wks74%631
87Spire Southampton Hospital Southampton10 wks72%176
88Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot10 wks69%7,704
89James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth10 wks70%2,144
90Nuffield Health, Hereford Hospital Hereford10 wks80%320
91Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield10 wks75%2,420
92Norwich & Norfolk Surgical Ltd (n2s) Norwich10 wks74%407
93Ashtead Hospital Ashtead10 wks72%462
94Spire Nottingham Hospital Nottingham10 wks72%454
95Tees Valley Hospital Middlesbrough10 wks71%1,227
96Spire Leeds Hospital Leeds10 wks78%527
97Spire Washington Hospital Washington10 wks75%1,814
98Circle Reading Hospital Reading10 wks75%1,223
99Blackheath Hospital London10 wks67%576
100Fulwood Hall Hospital Preston10 wks72%2,323
101Nuffield Health, York Hospital York10 wks71%1,313
102One Stop Doctors Limited Hemel Hempstead10 wks77%634
103Nuffield Health, Tees Hospital Stockton-on-Tees11 wks73%1,059
104Practice Plus Group Hospital Birmingham Birmingham11 wks70%1,360
105Nuffield Health, Warwickshire Hospital Leamington Spa11 wks75%187
106Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital Buckhurst Hill11 wks69%2,561
107Spire London East Ilford11 wks72%1,247
108Beaumont Hospital Bolton11 wks65%1,276
109North Downs Hospital Caterham11 wks70%774
110Thornbury Hospital Sheffield11 wks65%407
111The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton11 wks68%6,623
112Sulis Hospital Bath (Foxcote Avenue) Bath11 wks72%2,029
113The Yorkshire Clinic Bingley11 wks72%1,349
114Spire Clare Park Hospital Farnham11 wks72%166
115Nuffield Health, Tunbridge Wells Hospital Tunbridge Wells11 wks84%68
116New Hall Hospital Salisbury11 wks71%2,901
117Buckshaw Hospital Chorley11 wks72%228
118Park Hospital Nottingham11 wks67%1,461
119The Berkshire Independent Hospital Reading11 wks73%579
120Spire Harpenden Hospital Harpenden11 wks81%409
121Spire Parkway Hospital Solihull11 wks68%860
122Spire Elland Hospital Elland11 wks66%804
123West Midlands Hospital Halesowen11 wks73%505
124St Edmunds Hospital Bury St. Edmunds11 wks62%274
125Spire Dunedin Hospital Reading11 wks75%183
126Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton11 wks65%9,045
127The Cherwell Hospital Banbury11 wks70%2,196
128Alexandra Hospital Cheadle11 wks73%385
129Winterbourne Hospital Dorchester11 wks69%378
130South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough12 wks69%5,557
131Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Ashton-Under-Lyne12 wks67%3,137
132Spire Liverpool Hospital Liverpool12 wks64%747
133Nuffield Health, Chichester Hospital Chichester12 wks70%347
134York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York12 wks63%4,745
135Winfield Hospital Gloucester12 wks72%989
136Nuffield Health, Shrewsbury Hospital Shrewsbury12 wks84%324
137Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North Shields12 wks71%10,391
138Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital Cambridge12 wks71%322
139Nuffield Health, Cambridge Hospital Cambridge12 wks59%172
140Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chertsey12 wks66%7,884
141Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering12 wks66%1,890
142Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Keighley12 wks64%1,421
143Nuffield Health, Wessex Hospital Eastleigh12 wks58%559
144Goring Hall Hospital Worthing12 wks62%745
145Nuffield Health, Brighton Hospital Brighton12 wks66%283
146Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury12 wks68%2,710
147Oaklands Hospital Salford12 wks69%2,471
148Nuffield Health, Bristol Hospital (Chesterfield) Bristol12 wks67%414
149St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London12 wks66%3,986
150University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Kendal12 wks63%6,106
151The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham12 wks66%11,041
152The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne12 wks62%7,756
153Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall12 wks63%3,799
154Nuffield Health, North Staffordshire Hospital Newcastle Under Lyme13 wks69%881
155University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol13 wks68%1,693
156Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London13 wks64%3,148
157Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton13 wks65%6,760
158North Bristol NHS Trust Bristol13 wks63%6,162
159Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath13 wks65%2,182
160Nuffield Health, the Grosvenor Hospital, Chester Chester13 wks76%417
161Mount Alvernia Hospital Guildford13 wks56%133
162The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley13 wks63%4,077
163Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital Hull13 wks62%1,519
164Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester13 wks62%2,219
165Spire Fylde Coast Hospital Blackpool13 wks68%1,864
166Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate13 wks63%3,536
167Euxton Hall Hospital Chorley13 wks62%2,057
168Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust London13 wks63%6,280
169Cobalt Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne13 wks60%474
170Pinehill Hospital Hitchin13 wks61%1,024
171Glendon Wood Hospital Kettering13 wks67%601
172Spire Norwich Hospital Norwich13 wks70%707
173St Martins Hospital Bath14 wks64%59
174Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke14 wks61%5,857
175Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan14 wks62%8,954
176Three Shires Hospital Northampton14 wks60%2,158
177Highfield Hospital Rochdale14 wks64%941
178Harbour Hospital Poole14 wks65%162
179Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Grimsby14 wks61%2,726
180Duchy Hospital Truro14 wks61%1,279
181Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull14 wks60%4,533
182Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sutton-in-Ashfield14 wks61%3,005
183Woodland Hospital Kettering14 wks64%3,216
184Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet14 wks63%1,439
185Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London14 wks62%5,062
186Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford14 wks62%5,123
187The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Uxbridge14 wks60%5,686
188Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Gateshead14 wks60%1,682
189Rowley Hall Hospital Stafford14 wks62%1,627
190Cora Health Diagnostics (Formerly Healthshare Diagnostics) West Malling14 wks60%359
191Droitwich Spa Hospital Droitwich14 wks60%734
192University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry14 wks60%5,501
193Blakelands Hospital Milton Keynes14 wks61%1,064
194Nuffield Health, Plymouth Hospital Plymouth14 wks64%573
195Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford14 wks58%14,062
196North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Carlisle14 wks60%2,765
197Spire Gatwick Park Hospital Horley14 wks65%614
198Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport14 wks60%6,277
199Rivers Hospital Sawbridgeworth14 wks62%1,539
200United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln14 wks61%6,459
201Somerset Surgical Services Hq Weston-Super-Mare14 wks60%165
202Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Smethwick15 wks61%5,874
203London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Harrow15 wks60%6,581
204Medway NHS Foundation Trust Gillingham15 wks61%2,916
205Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe15 wks60%3,099
206Spire Hartswood Hospital Brentwood15 wks65%784
207Barts Health NHS Trust London15 wks58%8,705
208East Cheshire NHS Trust Macclesfield15 wks58%1,543
209Fairfield Independent Hospital St. Helens15 wks56%527
210King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London15 wks58%3,588
211Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham15 wks60%7,253
212South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland15 wks58%8,461
213Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Northampton15 wks59%2,760
214Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford15 wks58%5,792
215Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley15 wks58%2,618
216Beacon Park Hospital Stafford15 wks62%288
217Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London15 wks59%2,536
218Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool15 wks59%2,986
219Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester15 wks57%12,262
220Spencer Private Hospitals Ltd Deal15 wks57%1,406
221Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds15 wks56%6,330
222Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Brighton15 wks57%13,214
223Nuffield Health, Haywards Heath Hospital Haywards Heath15 wks52%410
224Oaks Hospital Colchester16 wks59%325
225Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford16 wks55%8,074
226The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow16 wks56%5,374
227Claremont Private Hospital Sheffield16 wks57%1,768
228Sarum Road Hospital Winchester16 wks56%250
229Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Redhill16 wks55%3,140
230Spire Bristol Hospital Bristol16 wks55%790
231Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge16 wks56%4,470
232Spire Portsmouth Hospital Havant16 wks55%410
233Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham16 wks55%9,511
234Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster16 wks54%12,750
235West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford16 wks55%4,825
236University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth16 wks55%3,423
237Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford16 wks55%1,976
238The Horder Centre - St Johns Road Crowborough16 wks56%1,288
239Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amersham16 wks55%4,976
240North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough16 wks54%6,875
241Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield16 wks54%4,848
242Nuffield Health, Derby Hospital Derby16 wks55%1,030
243Spire South Bank Hospital Worcester16 wks55%435
244University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Poole17 wks55%8,046
245Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley17 wks54%11,867
246Spire Montefiore Hospital Hove17 wks53%493
247Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London17 wks54%5,506
248Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral17 wks53%2,612
249Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford17 wks54%2,974
250Spire Wellesley Hospital Southend-on-Sea17 wks56%806
251University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent17 wks53%5,172
252Hampshire Clinic Basingstoke17 wks50%119
253Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester17 wks53%5,331
254West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Bury St. Edmunds17 wks52%4,438
255The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham17 wks52%4,437
256The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Oswestry17 wks52%8,823
257Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital Brentwood17 wks53%652
258Nuffield Health, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne17 wks52%389
259Boston West Hospital Boston17 wks51%988
260Nuffield Health, Bournemouth Hospital Bournemouth17 wks53%338
261University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton17 wks52%3,977
262Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool17 wks52%4,529
263Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston17 wks53%4,561
264Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames17 wks52%3,240
265Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton17 wks52%2,275
266Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield17 wks51%2,343
267Springfield Hospital Chelmsford17 wks52%1,379
268North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington18 wks51%3,451
269Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Dartford18 wks51%4,887
270The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn18 wks51%2,195
271East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester18 wks51%9,687
272Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London18 wks51%10,877
273Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes18 wks50%3,001
274Nuffield Health, Taunton Hospital Taunton18 wks50%580
275Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norwich18 wks49%9,208
276Fitzwilliam Hospital Peterborough18 wks49%4,085
277Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Truro19 wks49%5,624
278University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby19 wks49%17,401
279Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter19 wks49%10,303
280Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth19 wks49%5,207
281One Hatfield Hospital Hatfield19 wks48%424
282East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage19 wks48%4,605
283The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury19 wks48%2,249
284Isle of Wight NHS Trust Newport19 wks49%2,214
285Standard Health Ltd Harrow19 wks48%62
286Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon19 wks46%5,680
287University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing20 wks48%7,524
288Mount Stuart Hospital Torquay20 wks47%1,029
289Spire Thames Valley Hospital Slough20 wks47%227
290East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury20 wks46%8,100
291Nuffield Health, Exeter Hospital Exeter20 wks45%178
292Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham Gillingham21 wks42%88
293Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorchester21 wks43%3,481
294Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton22 wks42%6,749
295Renacres Hospital Ormskirk22 wks41%2,485
296The Hamptons Hospital Ltd Peterborough22 wks40%60
297University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester23 wks40%11,874
298Saxon Clinic Milton Keynes23 wks36%541
299Manor Hospital Bedford24 wks36%414
300Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea29 wks31%13,254
301Modality Llp Wolverhampton41 wks0%495
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