Bones, joints and muscles at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Derby and Queen's Hospital Burton trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 25 to 61 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 18 weeks and 9 in 10 under 49 weeks. 49% 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 of Derby and Burton 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 202421.365.118.1
October 202422.465.518.0
November 202421.263.418.0
December 202421.361.018.6
January 202523.262.018.9
February 202521.260.218.7
March 202521.858.518.4
April 202522.059.618.3
May 202522.159.417.9
June 202526.259.917.6
July 202521.357.618.1
August 202523.559.118.0
September 202522.657.717.6
October 202522.858.317.9
November 202525.561.818.3
December 202521.159.619.0
January 202620.861.319.6
February 202626.160.819.8
March 202629.160.918.9
April 202626.460.919.3
May 202627.361.119.1
June 202628.862.918.6
July 202623.660.818.9
August 202624.861.218.5

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Park Hospital

Independent hospital, 18.2 miles away

8 to 54weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 54 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 314 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Woodthorpe Hospital

Independent hospital, 16.6 miles away

15 to 29weeks

Half seen within 15 weeks, 9 in 10 within 29 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 406 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
17 to 50weeks

Half seen within 17 weeks, 9 in 10 within 50 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 460 people treated in the month.

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