Bones, joints and muscles at Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Medway Maritime trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 24 to 46 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 17 weeks and 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 54% are within 18 weeks.

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24 to 46weeks

Half seen within 24 weeks, 9 in 10 within 46 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 17 weeks, 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 410 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 Medway NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03570September 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 202418.847.113.0
October 202418.246.013.5
November 202419.949.514.4
December 202419.246.815.2
January 202520.847.515.6
February 202519.948.214.3
March 202517.745.612.7
April 202517.446.313.3
May 202521.648.014.5
June 202519.747.815.3
July 202519.249.215.9
August 202521.458.216.4
September 202520.644.013.8
October 202519.245.714.0
November 202520.542.613.9
December 202519.741.915.5
January 202624.246.815.5
February 202624.046.114.8
March 202621.444.414.6
April 202619.842.214.0
May 202624.547.014.2
June 202626.346.614.7
July 202620.445.715.6
August 202623.945.516.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Sloane Hospital

Independent hospital, 23.6 miles away

5 to 26weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 26 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 111 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Nuffield Health, Tunbridge Wells Hospital

Independent hospital, 20.6 miles away

7 to 23weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 31 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford

Independent hospital, 23.1 miles away

9 to 29weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 29 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 670 people treated in the month.

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

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