Trauma and Orthopaedic waiting times at Oaks Hospital (June 2026)

16week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 325 people on the trauma and orthopaedic list here have been waiting longer than 16 weeks, half less. That is 7 weeks shorter than a year ago. It is about 1 week longer than the England average for this specialty.

59%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

224 / 301

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

7 weeks shorter than a year ago.

That hides a turn: it is 7 weeks shorter than twelve months ago, but 1 week longer than six months 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. 35% 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
Provide Enterprises Colchester	2 miles	5 wks	11 wks
Clementine Churchill Hospital Harrow	72 miles	5 wks	10 wks
Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital London	63 miles	6 wks	10 wks
Sloane Hospital Beckenham	65 miles	6 wks	10 wks
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Ashford	63 miles	7 wks	9 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Oaks Hospital reports 4 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
General Surgery	263	17 wks
Gynaecology	158	13 wks
Other: Medical Services	107	11 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	75	19 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.