Trauma and Orthopaedic waiting times at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

13week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 2,219 people on the trauma and orthopaedic list here have been waiting longer than 13 weeks, half less. That is 3 weeks shorter than a year ago. It is about 1 week shorter than the England average for this specialty. 2 of them have been waiting more than a year.

62%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

164 / 301

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

3 weeks shorter 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. 34% 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
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Preston	46 miles	7 wks	6 wks
Lancaster Private Hospital Lancaster	72 miles	7 wks	6 wks
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn	51 miles	7 wks	6 wks
Spire Manchester Hospital Manchester	38 miles	7 wks	6 wks
Nuffield Health, Wolverhampton Hospital Wolverhampton	65 miles	8 wks	5 wks

Other waits here

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

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Other: Surgical Services	5,388	13 wks
Ophthalmology	2,952	12 wks
Other: Medical Services	2,839	11 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	2,739	12 wks
Gynaecology	2,645	15 wks
Dermatology	2,283	11 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.