Bones, joints and muscles at Nuffield Health, the Grosvenor Hospital, Chester

Nuffield Health, the Grosvenor Hospital, Chester trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 18 to 27 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 67% are within 18 weeks.

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18 to 27weeks

Half seen within 18 weeks, 9 in 10 within 27 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 113 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, the Grosvenor Hospital, Chester, 24 months to August 2026
02040September 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 202413.929.311.2
October 202414.627.711.4
November 202413.522.610.7
December 202411.924.612.1
January 202513.326.513.0
February 202513.525.811.9
March 202514.328.111.0
April 202510.524.211.5
May 202512.926.110.4
June 20259.623.812.1
July 20258.322.29.2
August 20259.021.510.3
September 202510.026.512.8
October 202513.227.413.0
November 202513.030.912.8
December 202514.026.914.4
January 202617.629.714.0
February 202616.733.015.3
March 202612.026.912.9
April 202614.328.212.1
May 202615.128.411.8
June 20267.429.912.8
July 202617.134.514.7
August 202618.526.614.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Has A&E
11 to 43weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 43 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 298 people treated in the month.

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Fairfield Independent Hospital

Independent hospital, 22.1 miles away

14 to 44weeks

Half seen within 14 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 128 people treated in the month.

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

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