Bones, joints and muscles at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

UHB (Good Hope and Heartlands) trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 37 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 77% 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 Hospitals Birmingham 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 202410.342.812.8
October 202411.343.211.2
November 20248.241.610.1
December 20248.039.310.8
January 202510.439.111.4
February 202510.835.310.2
March 20258.237.48.0
April 20257.237.68.5
May 20258.139.38.7
June 202510.637.47.9
July 202510.136.27.8
August 20259.833.18.2
September 20259.536.38.4
October 202510.529.97.6
November 20259.628.47.1
December 20258.630.78.6
January 202610.530.29.9
February 202611.935.311.1
March 202610.029.88.7
April 20267.735.28.7
May 20268.131.68.0
June 20268.732.67.9
July 20269.336.58.8
August 202610.437.38.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Free on the NHS

Meriden Hospital

Independent hospital, 21.3 miles away

8 to 30weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 30 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 361 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Priory Hospital

Independent hospital, 1.3 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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