Bones, joints and muscles at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

GWH (Great Western Hospital A&E) trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 36 to 63 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 18 weeks and 9 in 10 under 46 weeks. 49% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 36 weeks, 9 in 10 within 63 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 18 weeks, 9 in 10 under 46 weeks. 683 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 Great Western 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 202423.260.316.5
October 202423.458.616.1
November 202421.755.915.6
December 202423.360.116.0
January 202520.454.516.8
February 202524.156.216.0
March 202525.357.516.3
April 202523.554.515.6
May 202524.955.015.6
June 202526.954.315.4
July 202527.152.115.0
August 202526.453.015.8
September 202528.252.716.4
October 202527.852.516.4
November 202527.853.116.9
December 202529.652.517.0
January 202628.449.317.0
February 202628.251.917.2
March 202628.153.117.9
April 202629.557.219.1
May 202629.357.418.9
June 202629.157.219.4
July 202631.959.718.9
August 202636.062.918.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Tetbury Hospital Trust Ltd

Independent provider, 19.5 miles away

10 to 32weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 48 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes

Independent hospital, 17.5 miles away

14 to 30weeks

Half seen within 14 weeks, 9 in 10 within 30 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 88 people treated in the month.

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

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