Bones, joints and muscles at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dorset County trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 32 to 62 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 19 weeks and 9 in 10 under 48 weeks. 46% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 32 weeks, 9 in 10 within 62 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 19 weeks, 9 in 10 under 48 weeks. 344 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 Dorset County Hospital 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 202436.566.521.7
October 202433.364.020.4
November 202436.163.520.0
December 202430.667.120.1
January 202531.363.619.2
February 202530.761.418.9
March 202532.459.418.8
April 202524.060.518.7
May 202527.458.117.8
June 202528.158.018.2
July 202523.059.218.7
August 202521.860.520.0
September 202532.059.920.0
October 202528.158.621.0
November 202534.560.320.9
December 202528.159.821.6
January 202627.160.320.7
February 202631.160.120.5
March 202630.159.819.7
April 202628.960.521.4
May 202630.363.021.1
June 202630.261.721.2
July 202633.862.020.1
August 202631.562.319.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
13 to 52weeks

Half seen within 13 weeks, 9 in 10 within 52 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 17 weeks, 9 in 10 under 45 weeks. 1,315 people treated in the month.

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Winterbourne Hospital

Independent hospital, 0.9 miles away

22 to 38weeks

Half seen within 22 weeks, 9 in 10 within 38 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 29 weeks. 44 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Harbour Hospital

Independent hospital, 20.6 miles away

22 to 42weeks

Half seen within 22 weeks, 9 in 10 within 42 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 25 people treated in the month.

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

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