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Russells Hall trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 14 to 50 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 64% are within 18 weeks.

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14 to 50weeks

Half seen within 14 weeks, 9 in 10 within 50 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 815 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 The Dudley Group 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 202419.954.515.3
October 202418.753.915.4
November 202420.853.515.1
December 202419.055.814.8
January 202516.951.815.3
February 202519.955.515.6
March 202517.453.815.8
April 202519.452.814.0
May 202515.454.014.4
June 202522.855.814.0
July 202518.253.012.9
August 202520.151.712.9
September 202521.752.813.1
October 202516.750.513.1
November 202518.448.113.1
December 202517.646.414.0
January 202616.948.114.7
February 202619.148.913.6
March 202616.047.511.9
April 202615.947.912.2
May 202615.848.112.9
June 202613.847.013.0
July 202617.049.713.1
August 202614.449.913.3

Faster options within 25 miles

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Priory Hospital

Independent hospital, 9.2 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.

This page as JSON. Trauma and orthopaedics waiting times at every hospital in England.

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