Bones, joints and muscles at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

RCH (Treliske) trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 27 to 65 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 18 weeks and 9 in 10 under 50 weeks. 50% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 27 weeks, 9 in 10 within 65 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 18 weeks, 9 in 10 under 50 weeks. 666 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 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, 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 202445.371.721.1
October 202434.664.820.0
November 202430.164.520.0
December 202426.962.820.0
January 202528.864.019.5
February 202532.363.019.0
March 202528.759.818.3
April 202526.556.017.4
May 202527.956.117.1
June 202524.155.315.9
July 202518.853.816.1
August 202525.059.516.8
September 202521.658.016.6
October 202524.257.917.0
November 202524.157.117.2
December 202518.757.417.8
January 202622.959.118.1
February 202622.056.218.8
March 202625.057.518.4
April 202622.556.418.6
May 202620.856.618.6
June 202620.358.018.5
July 202622.163.218.1
August 202626.764.617.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Probus Surgical Centre

Independent hospital, 6.5 miles away

5 to 16weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 16 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 16 weeks. 60 people treated in the month.

6 to 9weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 9 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 3 weeks, 9 in 10 under 7 weeks. 48 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Duchy Hospital (Cornwall)

Independent hospital, 0.1 miles away

26 to 45weeks

Half seen within 26 weeks, 9 in 10 within 45 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 171 people treated in the month.

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

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