Bones, joints and muscles at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bedford Hospital South Wing and Luton and Dunstable trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 26 to 62 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 21 weeks and 9 in 10 under 50 weeks. 46% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 26 weeks, 9 in 10 within 62 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 21 weeks, 9 in 10 under 50 weeks. 392 people treated in the month.

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Based on the waiting-now figures for August 2026. Not a prediction of your own wait: urgency decides who is seen first.

How the wait has changed

Trauma and orthopaedics at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
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Shaded band: half to 9 in 10 of people treated that month. Line: the median wait of people still waiting. Weeks on the left.

The numbers behind the chart
MonthTreated, half withinTreated, 9 in 10 withinWaiting now, half within
September 202429.367.620.7
October 202434.266.520.5
November 202432.165.420.7
December 202431.866.321.4
January 202541.064.321.6
February 202541.467.122.4
March 202544.064.622.6
April 202539.563.522.6
May 202540.364.621.0
June 202539.764.420.6
July 202539.162.620.1
August 202536.061.321.1
September 202546.865.721.4
October 202536.463.820.8
November 202539.364.620.8
December 202539.563.521.2
January 202642.863.421.1
February 202647.363.821.0
March 202637.859.021.0
April 202642.564.421.0
May 202638.960.821.7
June 202639.663.721.8
July 202629.662.420.9
August 202626.062.220.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Kings Oak Hospital

Independent hospital, 22.2 miles away

5 to 18weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 18 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 29 weeks. 163 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Hendon Hospital

Independent hospital, 23.4 miles away

6 to 21weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 103 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Bishops Wood Hospital

Independent hospital, 19.2 miles away

7 to 21weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 111 people treated in the month.

NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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