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Nuffield Health, Taunton Hospital trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 23 to 43 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 19 weeks and 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 46% are within 18 weeks.

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Nuffield Health, Taunton Hospital

Independent hospital

23 to 43weeks

Half seen within 23 weeks, 9 in 10 within 43 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 19 weeks, 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 104 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, Taunton Hospital, 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 202421.761.420.0
October 202425.056.020.5
November 202428.358.219.4
December 202419.556.619.3
January 202522.851.918.0
February 202519.236.816.7
March 202523.046.515.4
April 202528.549.514.3
May 202518.543.814.6
June 202517.932.814.5
July 202518.534.814.4
August 202517.849.314.5
September 202519.044.413.3
October 202519.033.314.8
November 202518.330.613.4
December 202516.3
January 202619.833.815.5
February 202620.942.215.5
March 202622.239.216.1
April 202622.236.615.3
May 202622.339.816.3
June 202620.441.317.9
July 202623.441.818.9
August 202623.043.219.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 1.3 miles away

13 to 55weeks

Half seen within 13 weeks, 9 in 10 within 55 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 46 weeks. 1,329 people treated in the month.

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

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