Bones, joints and muscles at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

New Cross trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 16 to 45 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 72% are within 18 weeks.

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16 to 45weeks

Half seen within 16 weeks, 9 in 10 within 45 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 1,136 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 Royal Wolverhampton 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 202411.840.613.2
October 202411.740.113.0
November 202411.841.213.0
December 202412.242.314.1
January 202513.141.114.5
February 202512.742.814.8
March 202513.741.814.7
April 202512.441.413.1
May 202512.641.612.3
June 202512.143.811.8
July 202510.841.211.6
August 202511.742.812.2
September 202511.944.512.0
October 202514.644.112.8
November 202515.844.412.1
December 202513.947.113.4
January 202614.752.612.5
February 202613.648.312.8
March 202616.852.310.3
April 202614.348.311.3
May 202615.251.812.1
June 202614.247.010.8
July 202615.846.310.3
August 202615.544.910.8

Faster options within 25 miles

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Priory Hospital

Independent hospital, 12.6 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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