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Southampton General trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 57 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 18 weeks and 9 in 10 under 49 weeks. 51% 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 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03570September 2024August 2026

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 202415.955.615.3
October 202415.654.915.5
November 202416.458.415.9
December 202417.055.516.0
January 202517.958.917.0
February 202513.557.116.6
March 202516.457.516.3
April 202513.054.815.7
May 202515.357.215.7
June 202511.753.716.6
July 202512.756.316.6
August 20259.360.017.4
September 202515.057.917.8
October 202517.659.017.8
November 202519.364.218.3
December 202517.164.018.4
January 202621.362.119.5
February 202616.856.919.3
March 202625.158.917.5
April 202617.252.417.2
May 202619.653.716.4
June 202616.255.517.4
July 202617.151.617.3
August 202615.357.117.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 17.2 miles away

3 to 41weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 41 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 561 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton

Independent hospital, 2.2 miles away

11 to 29weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 29 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 339 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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