Trauma and Orthopaedic waiting times at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust (June 2026)

15week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 5,874 people on the trauma and orthopaedic list here have been waiting longer than 15 weeks, half less. That is 2 weeks shorter than a year ago. 16 of them have been waiting more than a year.

61%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

202 / 301

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

2 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. 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
Nuffield Health, Leicester Hospital Leicester	48 miles	6 wks	9 wks
Meriden Hospital Coventry	28 miles	7 wks	7 wks
Spire Leicester Hospital Leicester	47 miles	7 wks	7 wks
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick	26 miles	8 wks	7 wks
Priory Hospital Birmingham	4 miles	8 wks	7 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Ophthalmology	8,002	9 wks
Ear Nose and Throat	7,414	21 wks
Other: Paediatric Services	6,234	10 wks
Other: Surgical Services	5,446	14 wks
Gynaecology	5,247	14 wks
Cardiology	5,153	18 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.