Bones, joints and muscles at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chelsea and Westminster and West Middlesex trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 37 to 57 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 45 weeks. 56% are within 18 weeks.

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How the wait has changed

Trauma and orthopaedics at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03570 September 2024August 2026

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 202431.964.716.7
October 202426.056.216.3
November 202430.657.216.0
December 202430.954.715.9
January 202531.057.616.8
February 202526.656.317.2
March 202527.655.417.6
April 202524.252.317.6
May 202526.351.617.7
June 202526.351.617.6
July 202528.656.618.1
August 202529.856.517.7
September 202529.956.317.6
October 202530.759.317.6
November 202532.359.417.5
December 202533.759.418.4
January 202631.857.618.3
February 202632.759.018.0
March 202631.559.217.3
April 202630.860.217.6
May 202633.859.817.3
June 202634.958.716.6
July 202634.657.216.0
August 202636.756.615.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest wait Free on the NHS

Kings Oak Hospital

Independent hospital, 13.1 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

Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital

Independent hospital, 6.5 miles away

5 to 20weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 20 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 157 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Princess Margaret Hospital

Independent hospital, 18.5 miles away

5 to 24weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 13 weeks. 20 people treated in the month.

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