Bones, joints and muscles at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Victoria trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 20 to 52 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 15 weeks and 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 56% are within 18 weeks.

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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 Blackpool Teaching 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 202424.560.515.5
October 202422.559.115.3
November 202422.556.316.1
December 202416.257.316.5
January 202524.956.516.2
February 202519.657.416.4
March 202518.354.717.2
April 202520.856.318.7
May 202522.655.818.1
June 202518.558.318.3
July 202518.455.518.2
August 202518.062.218.6
September 202519.559.517.9
October 202524.661.816.3
November 202523.359.615.8
December 202518.057.315.3
January 202622.957.116.1
February 202620.853.016.3
March 202626.351.715.2
April 202623.449.114.1
May 202621.947.914.7
June 202621.049.815.1
July 202618.151.715.0
August 202619.852.015.5

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest wait
8 to 21weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 3,343 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Lancaster Private Hospital

Independent hospital, 17.8 miles away

8 to 24weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 98 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Fulwood Hall Hospital

Independent hospital, 13.8 miles away

12 to 33weeks

Half seen within 12 weeks, 9 in 10 within 33 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 29 weeks. 276 people treated in the month.

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

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