Trauma and Orthopaedic waiting times at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

22week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 6,749 people on the trauma and orthopaedic list here have been waiting longer than 22 weeks, half less. That is 1 week longer than a year ago. It is about 7 weeks longer than the England average for this specialty. 334 of them have been waiting more than a year.

42%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

294 / 301

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

1 week longer than 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. 54% 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.

Provider	Miles	Median	Sooner by
First Community Health and Care Cic Redhill	59 miles	4 wks	18 wks
Provide Enterprises Colchester	74 miles	5 wks	17 wks
Bishops Wood Hospital Northwood	24 miles	5 wks	17 wks
Clementine Churchill Hospital Harrow	29 miles	5 wks	17 wks
Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital London	32 miles	6 wks	16 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Dermatology	8,197	17 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	7,724	16 wks
Oral Surgery	6,886	21 wks
Cardiology	6,730	14 wks
Gynaecology	6,448	13 wks
Other: Surgical Services	5,735	10 wks

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Straight answers

About this figure

It’s about six weeks behind. NHS England publishes monthly, with a lag. This page shows June 2026.
It’s a trust-level average, not your wait. Your own wait depends on urgency, clinical need and which site you are treated at. Large trusts run several hospitals.
It counts people still waiting (incomplete pathways at month end), not people already treated.

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.