Bones, joints and muscles at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Princess Royal and Royal Shrewsbury trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 27 to 57 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 20 weeks and 9 in 10 under 44 weeks. 46% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 27 weeks, 9 in 10 within 57 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 20 weeks, 9 in 10 under 44 weeks. 295 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 Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital 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 202432.174.628.8
October 202426.065.527.1
November 202442.375.024.1
December 202435.869.623.8
January 202535.767.321.4
February 202542.269.320.5
March 202531.859.921.4
April 202528.657.017.9
May 202529.060.818.9
June 202526.657.118.2
July 202521.957.518.6
August 202522.153.916.8
September 202524.351.613.6
October 202520.051.414.2
November 202520.148.314.7
December 202521.745.716.3
January 202624.849.618.3
February 202626.053.218.2
March 202634.155.318.1
April 202623.551.018.1
May 202624.453.218.5
June 202623.252.118.9
July 202623.454.220.0
August 202626.857.119.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Nuffield Health, Shrewsbury Hospital

Independent hospital, 1.5 miles away

17 to 25weeks

Half seen within 17 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 78 people treated in the month.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

NHS trust, 3.3 miles away

19 to 25weeks

Half seen within 19 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 1,449 people treated in the month.

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