Bones, joints and muscles at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 18 to 49 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 61% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 18 weeks, 9 in 10 within 49 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 1,228 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 Sussex Community 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 202418.342.711.3
October 202411.440.412.1
November 202414.239.712.4
December 20249.335.29.8
January 20259.837.710.5
February 202510.036.410.2
March 20258.137.18.7
April 20257.835.39.1
May 20258.939.19.7
June 20259.239.89.2
July 20258.639.39.2
August 20259.240.310.0
September 202511.141.510.3
October 202512.439.410.7
November 202513.138.710.6
December 202511.437.911.7
January 202611.434.113.3
February 202616.243.916.6
March 202618.957.116.1
April 202619.547.916.4
May 202619.247.016.7
June 202618.247.315.3
July 202617.848.414.5
August 202618.149.214.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health, Brighton Hospital

Independent hospital, 1.4 miles away

9 to 35weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 35 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 59 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

The Horder Centre - St Johns Road

Independent hospital, 19.6 miles away

17 to 44weeks

Half seen within 17 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 305 people treated in the month.

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

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