Bones, joints and muscles at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Ipswich and Colchester trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 28 to 51 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 17 weeks and 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 52% 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 East Suffolk and North Essex 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 202437.268.520.8
October 202433.663.620.7
November 202431.463.020.3
December 202432.363.220.9
January 202534.664.120.9
February 202532.462.921.4
March 202532.861.721.8
April 202534.162.622.8
May 202533.161.922.2
June 202532.561.521.6
July 202534.861.320.7
August 202537.959.521.0
September 202532.460.020.1
October 202523.559.919.9
November 202532.159.120.6
December 202540.659.820.5
January 202638.256.421.1
February 202634.551.621.2
March 202635.854.619.8
April 202634.452.019.1
May 202632.251.618.3
June 202633.051.617.7
July 202632.652.017.2
August 202627.851.217.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Provide Enterprises

Independent provider, 1.3 miles away

9 to 15weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 15 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 96 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Oaks Hospital

Independent hospital, 0.3 miles away

11 to 34weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 34 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 33 weeks. 47 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Springfield Hospital

Independent hospital, 20.8 miles away

15 to 41weeks

Half seen within 15 weeks, 9 in 10 within 41 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 19 weeks, 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 265 people treated in the month.

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

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