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Nuffield Health, Plymouth Hospital trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 12 to 44 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 64% are within 18 weeks.

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Nuffield Health, Plymouth Hospital

Independent hospital

12 to 44weeks

Half seen within 12 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 155 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, Plymouth Hospital, 24 months to August 2026
02550September 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 202411.939.813.6
October 202415.940.214.0
November 202415.637.714.2
December 202416.332.514.9
January 202517.233.816.1
February 202516.236.015.8
March 202516.634.417.9
April 202520.436.917.9
May 202518.039.518.7
June 202520.240.515.6
July 202517.944.312.3
August 202516.840.312.3
September 202513.538.714.1
October 202515.042.914.8
November 202514.943.913.3
December 202512.036.714.2
January 202613.835.314.9
February 202612.236.614.1
March 20269.931.414.6
April 202610.929.813.8
May 202613.342.613.3
June 202614.334.814.1
July 202613.632.314.4
August 202611.943.613.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Plymouth

Independent hospital, 0.5 miles away

8 to 26weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 26 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 23 weeks. 494 people treated in the month.

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

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