Trauma and Orthopaedic waiting times at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

18week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 2,195 people on the trauma and orthopaedic list here have been waiting longer than 18 weeks, half less. That is 4 weeks longer than a year ago. It is about 3 weeks longer than the England average for this specialty. 88 of them have been waiting more than a year.

51%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

270 / 301

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

4 weeks longer than a year ago.

2 weeks of those were added in the last six months alone.

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. 46% 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
Orthopaedics & Spine Specialist Hospital Site Peterborough	40 miles	8 wks	10 wks
St Hugh's Hospital Grimsby	74 miles	9 wks	9 wks
Lincoln Private Hospital Lincoln	66 miles	10 wks	8 wks
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth	69 miles	10 wks	8 wks
Norwich & Norfolk Surgical Ltd (n2s) Norwich	45 miles	10 wks	8 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
Ear Nose and Throat	3,085	18 wks
Dermatology	2,468	10 wks
Other: Surgical Services	2,388	12 wks
Ophthalmology	2,042	12 wks
General Surgery	1,630	18 wks
Gynaecology	1,504	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.