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Waiting times/Trauma and Orthopaedic

Trauma and Orthopaedic waiting times
by hospital

Every provider in England reporting trauma and orthopaedic waits in June 2026, shortest first. You have a legal right to choose any of them.

14

week England average

37

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

829k

people waiting across 301 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 37 weeks sooner elsewhere — if they know to ask.

#ProviderMedianWithin 18wkWaitingYear
1Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham399%78
2Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Bodmin499%99
3Epsomedical Group Cobham497%85
4First Community Health and Care Cic Redhill494%960
5Provide Enterprises Colchester5100%251
6Nuffield Health, Guildford Hospital Guildford590%52
7Clementine Churchill Hospital Harrow598%690
8Probus Surgical Centre Truro598%102
9Bishops Wood Hospital Northwood595%330
10Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth Portsmouth697%427
11Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital London688%476
12Nuffield Health, Leicester Hospital Leicester691%430
13Sloane Hospital Beckenham683%330
14Nuffield Health, Woking Hospital Woking685%202
15Independent Health Group Bath685%244
16The New Foscote Hospital Ltd London793%148
17Sirona Care & Health Bristol798%3,861
18Chiltern Hospital Great Missenden785%308
19Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Ashford7100%3,434
20Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green Bristol790%743
21Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Preston791%3,790
22Spire Alexandra Hospital Chatham789%325
23Kims Hospital (Newnham Court) Maidstone788%793
24Lancaster Private Hospital Lancaster789%202
25East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn779%6,761
26Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Thornton Heath780%3,896
27Meriden Hospital Coventry783%1,171
28Practice Plus Group Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth784%1,307
29Spire Leicester Hospital Leicester787%504
30Spire Manchester Hospital Manchester787%504
31London Independent Hospital London784%2,023
32Hendon Hospital London786%381
33Chelsfield Park Hospital Orpington781%314
34Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital London882%383
35Runnymede Hospital Chertsey880%162
36South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick884%3,521
37Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton Southampton881%1,223
38Spire Bushey Hospital Bushey891%573
39Kings Oak Hospital Enfield879%764
40Priory Hospital Birmingham880%543
41Nuffield Health, Wolverhampton Hospital Wolverhampton883%207
42Manchester Surgical Services Ltd Manchester883%108
43Orthopaedics & Spine Specialist Hospital Site Peterborough892%174
44University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham878%4,061
45North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Hartlepool886%6,724
46Bath Clinic Bath884%497
47Nuffield Hospital Oxford (the Manor) Oxford881%111
48Spire Methley Park Hospital Leeds883%647
49East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea878%10,146
50Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Southampton885%3,461
51Huddersfield Private Hospital Huddersfield890%609
52Exeter Medical Exeter884%57
53Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Redhill981%776
54Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust Stanmore975%4,456
55Beardwood Hospital Blackburn977%1,401
56Spire Little Aston Hospital Sutton Coldfield971%979
57University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London977%3,323
58One Ashford Hospital Ashford981%786
59Park Hill Hospital Doncaster983%734
60St Hugh's Hospital Grimsby983%1,545
61Clifton Park Hospital York971%1,568
62County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington974%10,577
63Whittington Health NHS Trust London978%2,202
64Cavell Hospital Enfield975%601
65Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading987%2,072
66George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton977%2,003
67Woodthorpe Hospital Nottingham977%2,068
68The Westbourne Centre Birmingham976%256
69Woodlands Hospital Darlington976%699
70Tyneside Surgical Services Ltd Gateshead980%546
71Spire St Anthony's Hospital Sutton983%122
72Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral973%405
73The One Health Group Plc Sheffield978%1,561
74Stourside Hospital Stourbridge972%1,188
75Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes Devizes978%422
76Practice Plus Group Hospital - Barlborough Chesterfield976%1,790
77Shirley Oaks Hospital Croydon972%473
78Duchy Hospital Harrogate980%263
79Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone1078%4,237
80Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust Shrewsbury1085%7,011
81Spire Regency Hospital Macclesfield1086%847
82Spire Cheshire Hospital Warrington1079%569
83Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford Ilford1076%2,199
84Benenden Hospital Cranbrook1077%745
85Lincoln Private Hospital Lincoln1069%942
86Chaucer Hospital Canterbury1074%631
87Spire Southampton Hospital Southampton1072%176
88Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot1069%7,704
89James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth1070%2,144
90Nuffield Health, Hereford Hospital Hereford1080%320
91Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield1075%2,420
92Norwich & Norfolk Surgical Ltd (n2s) Norwich1074%407
93Ashtead Hospital Ashtead1072%462
94Spire Nottingham Hospital Nottingham1072%454
95Tees Valley Hospital Middlesbrough1071%1,227
96Spire Leeds Hospital Leeds1078%527
97Spire Washington Hospital Washington1075%1,814
98Circle Reading Hospital Reading1075%1,223
99Blackheath Hospital London1067%576
100Fulwood Hall Hospital Preston1072%2,323
101Nuffield Health, York Hospital York1071%1,313
102One Stop Doctors Limited Hemel Hempstead1077%634
103Nuffield Health, Tees Hospital Stockton-on-Tees1173%1,059
104Practice Plus Group Hospital Birmingham Birmingham1170%1,360
105Nuffield Health, Warwickshire Hospital Leamington Spa1175%187
106Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital Buckhurst Hill1169%2,561
107Spire London East Ilford1172%1,247
108Beaumont Hospital Bolton1165%1,276
109North Downs Hospital Caterham1170%774
110Thornbury Hospital Sheffield1165%407
111The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton1168%6,623
112Sulis Hospital Bath (Foxcote Avenue) Bath1172%2,029
113The Yorkshire Clinic Bingley1172%1,349
114Spire Clare Park Hospital Farnham1172%166
115Nuffield Health, Tunbridge Wells Hospital Tunbridge Wells1184%68
116New Hall Hospital Salisbury1171%2,901
117Buckshaw Hospital Chorley1172%228
118Park Hospital Nottingham1167%1,461
119The Berkshire Independent Hospital Reading1173%579
120Spire Harpenden Hospital Harpenden1181%409
121Spire Parkway Hospital Solihull1168%860
122Spire Elland Hospital Elland1166%804
123West Midlands Hospital Halesowen1173%505
124St Edmunds Hospital Bury St. Edmunds1162%274
125Spire Dunedin Hospital Reading1175%183
126Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton1165%9,045
127The Cherwell Hospital Banbury1170%2,196
128Alexandra Hospital Cheadle1173%385
129Winterbourne Hospital Dorchester1169%378
130South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough1269%5,557
131Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Ashton-Under-Lyne1267%3,137
132Spire Liverpool Hospital Liverpool1264%747
133Nuffield Health, Chichester Hospital Chichester1270%347
134York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York1263%4,745
135Winfield Hospital Gloucester1272%989
136Nuffield Health, Shrewsbury Hospital Shrewsbury1284%324
137Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North Shields1271%10,391
138Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital Cambridge1271%322
139Nuffield Health, Cambridge Hospital Cambridge1259%172
140Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chertsey1266%7,884
141Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering1266%1,890
142Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Keighley1264%1,421
143Nuffield Health, Wessex Hospital Eastleigh1258%559
144Goring Hall Hospital Worthing1262%745
145Nuffield Health, Brighton Hospital Brighton1266%283
146Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury1268%2,710
147Oaklands Hospital Salford1269%2,471
148Nuffield Health, Bristol Hospital (Chesterfield) Bristol1267%414
149St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London1266%3,986
150University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Kendal1263%6,106
151The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham1266%11,041
152The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne1262%7,756
153Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall1263%3,799
154Nuffield Health, North Staffordshire Hospital Newcastle Under Lyme1369%881
155University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol1368%1,693
156Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London1364%3,148
157Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton1365%6,760
158North Bristol NHS Trust Bristol1363%6,162
159Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath1365%2,182
160Nuffield Health, the Grosvenor Hospital, Chester Chester1376%417
161Mount Alvernia Hospital Guildford1356%133
162The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley1363%4,077
163Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital Hull1362%1,519
164Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester1362%2,219
165Spire Fylde Coast Hospital Blackpool1368%1,864
166Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate1363%3,536
167Euxton Hall Hospital Chorley1362%2,057
168Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust London1363%6,280
169Cobalt Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne1360%474
170Pinehill Hospital Hitchin1361%1,024
171Glendon Wood Hospital Kettering1367%601
172Spire Norwich Hospital Norwich1370%707
173St Martins Hospital Bath1464%59
174Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke1461%5,857
175Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan1462%8,954
176Three Shires Hospital Northampton1460%2,158
177Highfield Hospital Rochdale1464%941
178Harbour Hospital Poole1465%162
179Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Grimsby1461%2,726
180Duchy Hospital Truro1461%1,279
181Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull1460%4,533
182Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sutton-in-Ashfield1461%3,005
183Woodland Hospital Kettering1464%3,216
184Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet1463%1,439
185Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London1462%5,062
186Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford1462%5,123
187The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Uxbridge1460%5,686
188Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Gateshead1460%1,682
189Rowley Hall Hospital Stafford1462%1,627
190Cora Health Diagnostics (Formerly Healthshare Diagnostics) West Malling1460%359
191Droitwich Spa Hospital Droitwich1460%734
192University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry1460%5,501
193Blakelands Hospital Milton Keynes1461%1,064
194Nuffield Health, Plymouth Hospital Plymouth1464%573
195Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford1458%14,062
196North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Carlisle1460%2,765
197Spire Gatwick Park Hospital Horley1465%614
198Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport1460%6,277
199Rivers Hospital Sawbridgeworth1462%1,539
200United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln1461%6,459
201Somerset Surgical Services Hq Weston-Super-Mare1460%165
202Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Smethwick1561%5,874
203London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Harrow1560%6,581
204Medway NHS Foundation Trust Gillingham1561%2,916
205Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe1560%3,099
206Spire Hartswood Hospital Brentwood1565%784
207Barts Health NHS Trust London1558%8,705
208East Cheshire NHS Trust Macclesfield1558%1,543
209Fairfield Independent Hospital St. Helens1556%527
210King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London1558%3,588
211Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham1560%7,253
212South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland1558%8,461
213Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Northampton1559%2,760
214Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford1558%5,792
215Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley1558%2,618
216Beacon Park Hospital Stafford1562%288
217Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London1559%2,536
218Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool1559%2,986
219Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester1557%12,262
220Spencer Private Hospitals Ltd Deal1557%1,406
221Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds1556%6,330
222Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Brighton1557%13,214
223Nuffield Health, Haywards Heath Hospital Haywards Heath1552%410
224Oaks Hospital Colchester1659%325
225Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford1655%8,074
226The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow1656%5,374
227Claremont Private Hospital Sheffield1657%1,768
228Sarum Road Hospital Winchester1656%250
229Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Redhill1655%3,140
230Spire Bristol Hospital Bristol1655%790
231Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge1656%4,470
232Spire Portsmouth Hospital Havant1655%410
233Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham1655%9,511
234Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster1654%12,750
235West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford1655%4,825
236University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth1655%3,423
237Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford1655%1,976
238The Horder Centre - St Johns Road Crowborough1656%1,288
239Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amersham1655%4,976
240North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough1654%6,875
241Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield1654%4,848
242Nuffield Health, Derby Hospital Derby1655%1,030
243Spire South Bank Hospital Worcester1655%435
244University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Poole1755%8,046
245Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley1754%11,867
246Spire Montefiore Hospital Hove1753%493
247Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London1754%5,506
248Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral1753%2,612
249Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford1754%2,974
250Spire Wellesley Hospital Southend-on-Sea1756%806
251University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent1753%5,172
252Hampshire Clinic Basingstoke1750%119
253Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester1753%5,331
254West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Bury St. Edmunds1752%4,438
255The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham1752%4,437
256The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Oswestry1752%8,823
257Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital Brentwood1753%652
258Nuffield Health, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne1752%389
259Boston West Hospital Boston1751%988
260Nuffield Health, Bournemouth Hospital Bournemouth1753%338
261University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton1752%3,977
262Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool1752%4,529
263Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston1753%4,561
264Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames1752%3,240
265Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton1752%2,275
266Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield1751%2,343
267Springfield Hospital Chelmsford1752%1,379
268North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington1851%3,451
269Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Dartford1851%4,887
270The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn1851%2,195
271East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester1851%9,687
272Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London1851%10,877
273Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes1850%3,001
274Nuffield Health, Taunton Hospital Taunton1850%580
275Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norwich1849%9,208
276Fitzwilliam Hospital Peterborough1849%4,085
277Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Truro1949%5,624
278University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby1949%17,401
279Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter1949%10,303
280Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth1949%5,207
281One Hatfield Hospital Hatfield1948%424
282East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage1948%4,605
283The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury1948%2,249
284Isle of Wight NHS Trust Newport1949%2,214
285Standard Health Ltd Harrow1948%62
286Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon1946%5,680
287University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing2048%7,524
288Mount Stuart Hospital Torquay2047%1,029
289Spire Thames Valley Hospital Slough2047%227
290East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury2046%8,100
291Nuffield Health, Exeter Hospital Exeter2045%178
292Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham Gillingham2142%88
293Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorchester2143%3,481
294Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton2242%6,749
295Renacres Hospital Ormskirk2241%2,485
296The Hamptons Hospital Ltd Peterborough2240%60
297University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester2340%11,874
298Saxon Clinic Milton Keynes2336%541
299Manor Hospital Bedford2436%414
300Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea2931%13,254
301Modality Llp Wolverhampton410%495
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Providers with fewer than 50 people waiting are not shown — a median over a handful of patients says more about chance than about the queue. Some providers listed run community or single-procedure services rather than full surgical ones; check what a provider actually treats before asking to be referred.