Bones, joints and muscles at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

St Mary's and Charing Cross trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 19 to 48 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 65% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 19 weeks, 9 in 10 within 48 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 35 weeks. 388 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 Imperial College Healthcare NHS 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 202426.966.118.0
October 202424.059.618.3
November 202429.563.517.3
December 202420.460.116.7
January 202518.358.317.2
February 202531.464.615.9
March 202521.258.816.2
April 202516.360.316.4
May 202520.157.018.0
June 202525.156.716.6
July 202518.957.215.8
August 202511.058.416.2
September 202513.554.916.9
October 202519.156.216.4
November 202519.556.915.8
December 202516.853.014.9
January 202624.251.013.9
February 202620.050.312.7
March 202614.251.912.4
April 202616.850.012.7
May 202623.148.313.0
June 202616.251.912.8
July 202613.448.013.6
August 202619.548.512.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Kings Oak Hospital

Independent hospital, 10.8 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, 4.2 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, 19 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.

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

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