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Conquest and Eastbourne District General trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 33 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 78% are within 18 weeks.

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8 to 33weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 33 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 2,795 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 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, 24 months to August 2026
02550September 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 202414.842.314.8
October 202416.142.414.8
November 202416.343.014.2
December 202414.439.315.3
January 202517.640.715.7
February 202517.643.915.6
March 20255.621.66.8
April 20255.920.96.9
May 20256.522.67.8
June 20256.520.97.0
July 20256.420.26.8
August 20256.020.57.6
September 20257.423.67.8
October 20258.023.47.7
November 20257.924.48.0
December 20257.122.48.9
January 202610.433.59.8
February 20268.624.69.6
March 20268.826.38.7
April 20268.424.18.9
May 20266.825.09.1
June 20267.326.88.2
July 20267.324.88.6
August 20267.733.59.5

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health, Tunbridge Wells Hospital

Independent hospital, 20.9 miles away

7 to 23weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 31 people treated in the month.

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

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