Bones, joints and muscles at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Royal United Hospital Bath trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 18 to 44 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 69% 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 United Hospitals Bath 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 202415.259.515.4
October 202414.157.414.6
November 202413.351.215.1
December 202412.959.315.8
January 202511.755.715.9
February 202523.559.113.9
March 202516.851.613.5
April 202511.851.414.4
May 202514.652.115.9
June 202516.755.017.3
July 202519.854.319.2
August 202519.155.018.6
September 202519.357.617.5
October 202516.657.517.3
November 202515.360.115.7
December 202515.457.815.8
January 202618.855.816.3
February 202615.652.215.4
March 202622.154.515.3
April 202618.050.013.9
May 202618.648.513.9
June 202619.752.812.8
July 202620.949.812.3
August 202618.144.011.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Independent Health Group

Independent provider, 5.6 miles away

8 to 31weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 31 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 101 people treated in the month.

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St Martins Hospital

Independent hospital, 2.4 miles away

9 to 45weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 19 weeks, 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 202 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green

Independent hospital, 8.7 miles away

10 to 25weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 210 people treated in the month.

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