Bones, joints and muscles at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Liverpool and University Hospital Aintree trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 21 to 57 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 55% are within 18 weeks.

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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 Liverpool University 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 202419.362.020.0
October 202422.660.118.5
November 202412.858.117.7
December 202412.556.816.8
January 202512.758.417.3
February 202516.456.317.6
March 202515.354.117.3
April 202514.453.416.8
May 202518.662.317.4
June 202517.260.717.6
July 202522.460.018.0
August 202519.759.018.8
September 202519.958.218.8
October 202518.152.118.3
November 202517.756.418.9
December 202519.157.119.4
January 202622.559.819.4
February 202618.953.119.7
March 202620.853.116.3
April 202620.956.516.8
May 202616.756.117.0
June 202618.557.517.4
July 202620.757.619.0
August 202620.757.516.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Free on the NHS

Manchester Surgical Services Ltd

Independent provider, 24.6 miles away

9 to 24weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 23 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
11 to 43weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 43 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 298 people treated in the month.

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

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