Bones, joints and muscles at Nuffield Health, North Staffordshire Hospital

Nuffield Health, North Staffordshire Hospital trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 13 to 38 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 6 weeks and 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 72% are within 18 weeks.

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13 to 38weeks

Half seen within 13 weeks, 9 in 10 within 38 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 261 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 Nuffield Health, North Staffordshire Hospital, 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 202413.639.411.5
October 202413.731.311.6
November 202413.633.18.8
December 202413.327.58.8
January 202514.030.512.1
February 202514.732.113.9
March 202514.230.115.6
April 202513.440.510.9
May 202515.345.98.8
June 202510.132.68.3
July 202511.433.010.0
August 202512.438.510.8
September 202514.739.511.3
October 202514.030.410.1
November 202513.127.88.6
December 202511.137.910.9
January 20267.839.414.9
February 202612.625.715.7
March 202618.045.817.9
April 202625.546.314.4
May 202624.242.311.1
June 202616.440.512.5
July 202615.546.012.4
August 202612.538.16.4

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

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