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Bones, joints and muscles at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

North Devon District and Wonford trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 28 to 61 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 18 weeks and 9 in 10 under 49 weeks. 49% are within 18 weeks.

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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 Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation 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 202434.467.719.0
October 202429.363.618.6
November 202431.662.318.6
December 202428.165.318.8
January 202527.363.019.2
February 202527.663.219.1
March 202529.460.919.2
April 202524.957.320.2
May 202525.957.119.4
June 202527.560.819.0
July 202526.659.019.0
August 202526.559.519.1
September 202526.660.418.8
October 202528.660.518.6
November 202527.361.518.2
December 202527.361.218.8
January 202628.461.019.0
February 202631.062.218.9
March 202628.864.219.0
April 202628.661.619.5
May 202629.060.018.5
June 202626.459.818.6
July 202626.861.318.4
August 202628.461.118.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Mount Stuart Hospital

Independent hospital, 16.8 miles away

26 to 50weeks

Half seen within 26 weeks, 9 in 10 within 50 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 19 weeks, 9 in 10 under 46 weeks. 89 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Nuffield Health, Exeter Hospital

Independent hospital, 0.2 miles away

27 to 54weeks

Half seen within 27 weeks, 9 in 10 within 54 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 21 weeks, 9 in 10 under 44 weeks. 33 people treated in the month.

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

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