Bones, joints and muscles at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre and Midland Metropolitan trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 50 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 15 weeks and 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 59% 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 Sandwell and West Birmingham 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 202414.960.017.3
October 20249.153.117.8
November 202410.854.519.2
December 20249.057.219.5
January 202510.660.520.6
February 202514.157.318.9
March 202512.756.919.3
April 20257.950.319.0
May 20257.850.117.8
June 202510.649.916.6
July 20259.647.617.1
August 20259.547.515.8
September 202513.047.014.3
October 202512.047.614.6
November 202514.049.614.2
December 202513.043.214.7
January 202615.947.914.8
February 202614.140.915.0
March 202616.946.912.8
April 202612.448.112.7
May 202613.349.113.7
June 202613.950.414.5
July 202616.949.714.3
August 202614.950.415.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Free on the NHS

Meriden Hospital

Independent hospital, 22 miles away

8 to 30weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 30 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 361 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Priory Hospital

Independent hospital, 2.9 miles away

10 to 34weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 34 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 189 people treated in the month.

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

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