Trauma and Orthopaedic waiting times at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (June 2026)

19week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 5,624 people on the trauma and orthopaedic list here have been waiting longer than 19 weeks, half less. That is 3 weeks longer than a year ago. It is about 4 weeks longer than the England average for this specialty. 330 of them have been waiting more than a year.

49%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

277 / 301

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

3 weeks 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. 48% 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
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth	55 miles	7 wks	11 wks
Duchy Hospital Truro	0 miles	14 wks	5 wks
Nuffield Health, Plymouth Hospital Plymouth	55 miles	14 wks	4 wks
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth	55 miles	16 wks	2 wks

Other waits here

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

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Other: Medical Services	5,339	7 wks
Ophthalmology	3,897	7 wks
Dermatology	3,573	5 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	3,322	9 wks
Gynaecology	3,292	12 wks
Other: Surgical Services	2,977	6 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.