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Addenbrookes trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 25 to 49 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 15 weeks and 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 58% 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 Cambridge University 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 202429.963.016.7
October 202432.861.016.2
November 202427.857.815.8
December 202424.858.916.2
January 202525.455.616.9
February 202528.455.317.1
March 202525.458.117.5
April 202526.253.617.4
May 202524.252.517.2
June 202525.352.417.0
July 202524.251.716.8
August 202525.853.316.7
September 202527.355.116.2
October 202528.353.615.8
November 202525.652.315.6
December 202523.751.216.0
January 202627.150.116.4
February 202625.247.516.5
March 202623.649.216.3
April 202627.649.815.7
May 202624.948.116.3
June 202625.649.715.9
July 202623.548.214.9
August 202625.049.115.1

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health, Cambridge Hospital

Independent hospital, 1.3 miles away

10 to 35weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 35 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 35 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital

Independent hospital, 5 miles away

18 to 47weeks

Half seen within 18 weeks, 9 in 10 within 47 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 89 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Pinehill Hospital

Independent hospital, 23.1 miles away

19 to 42weeks

Half seen within 19 weeks, 9 in 10 within 42 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 47 weeks. 95 people treated in the month.

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

This page as JSON. Trauma and orthopaedics waiting times at every hospital in England.

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