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

Poole and The Royal Bournemouth trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 13 to 52 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 17 weeks and 9 in 10 under 45 weeks. 54% 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 Dorset 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 20248.359.018.2
October 20249.955.318.8
November 202411.856.018.2
December 202411.856.518.9
January 20259.355.719.1
February 202515.859.419.2
March 20256.255.718.5
April 20258.957.317.7
May 202512.758.617.3
June 20256.654.017.2
July 20255.054.918.8
August 20256.155.219.5
September 20258.755.119.5
October 20257.754.018.9
November 20258.552.520.1
December 20256.456.220.5
January 202612.661.719.0
February 202610.759.518.8
March 202610.956.518.7
April 20267.054.118.4
May 202615.857.317.3
June 202616.957.016.5
July 202613.754.315.8
August 202612.851.516.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.6 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.

NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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