Bones, joints and muscles at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal and Fairfield General trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 11 to 52 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 47 weeks. 54% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 52 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 16 weeks, 9 in 10 under 47 weeks. 1,759 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 Northern Care Alliance 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 202413.459.415.9
October 202413.255.616.5
November 202413.054.317.1
December 202413.255.816.4
January 202512.757.317.9
February 202518.155.517.5
March 202513.655.917.4
April 202512.856.317.7
May 202515.055.315.9
June 202512.853.915.5
July 202512.955.514.6
August 202511.755.915.0
September 202513.354.514.8
October 202512.854.515.2
November 202510.954.715.3
December 202510.655.015.4
January 202611.555.916.0
February 202612.153.315.2
March 202614.353.913.9
April 202611.556.213.7
May 20269.353.714.2
June 202612.756.914.2
July 20269.954.315.0
August 202610.952.215.7

Faster options within 25 miles

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.

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Huddersfield Private Hospital

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8 to 22weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 22 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 161 people treated in the month.

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

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