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Bones, joints and muscles at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 26 to 51 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 55% are within 18 weeks.

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How the wait has changed

Trauma and orthopaedics at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03060 September 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 202412.945.413.2
October 202414.550.912.8
November 202413.252.112.6
December 202415.752.214.1
January 202526.153.915.1
February 202525.452.215.2
March 202521.752.616.0
April 202525.050.514.8
May 202522.349.214.4
June 202519.450.314.4
July 202521.451.213.9
August 202527.153.115.7
September 202531.553.915.9
October 202525.855.015.1
November 202525.054.110.8
December 202525.654.412.3
January 202626.953.213.2
February 202627.551.815.0
March 202629.152.916.2
April 202628.851.715.8
May 202626.152.417.3
June 202629.853.217.4
July 202626.152.415.5
August 202625.850.816.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest wait

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 5.7 miles away

8 to 21weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 3,343 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Lancaster Private Hospital

Independent hospital, 17.8 miles away

8 to 24weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 98 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Fulwood Hall Hospital

Independent hospital, 1 miles away

12 to 33weeks

Half seen within 12 weeks, 9 in 10 within 33 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 29 weeks. 276 people treated in the month.

NHS England figures, . About the data.

This page as JSON. Trauma and orthopaedics waiting times at every hospital in England.

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