Bones, joints and muscles at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Princess Royal and Denmark Hill trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 21 to 52 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 62% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 21 weeks, 9 in 10 within 52 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 425 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 King's College 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 202422.761.715.8
October 202423.260.415.6
November 202424.456.915.4
December 202423.055.015.1
January 202525.558.015.6
February 202526.259.315.5
March 202524.755.215.5
April 202524.154.515.2
May 202523.853.716.2
June 202525.453.415.7
July 202521.551.515.9
August 202522.952.815.5
September 202519.750.314.8
October 202521.752.014.1
November 202522.551.814.3
December 202521.751.814.8
January 202624.853.715.4
February 202622.654.616.1
March 202623.655.016.5
April 202624.452.815.2
May 202626.253.816.0
June 202625.851.914.9
July 202623.750.514.2
August 202620.752.413.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Kings Oak Hospital

Independent hospital, 13.8 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.

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Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital

Independent hospital, 8 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, 22.2 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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