Bones, joints and muscles at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Leicester Royal Infirmary trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 37 to 63 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 24 weeks and 9 in 10 under 52 weeks. 39% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 37 weeks, 9 in 10 within 63 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 24 weeks, 9 in 10 under 52 weeks. 1,269 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 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS 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 202432.560.419.6
October 202430.360.319.6
November 202430.358.820.2
December 202430.460.220.8
January 202534.761.821.9
February 202534.964.223.4
March 202536.560.824.2
April 202536.462.124.8
May 202536.760.524.8
June 202535.060.224.3
July 202524.259.425.8
August 202528.861.326.4
September 202532.961.526.5
October 202537.762.928.4
November 202537.962.627.1
December 202539.063.828.1
January 202642.564.029.3
February 202645.464.124.0
March 202641.762.323.4
April 202638.562.224.0
May 202637.961.023.8
June 202634.362.022.5
July 202637.362.722.9
August 202637.063.223.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Meriden Hospital

Independent hospital, 18.9 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

Nuffield Health, Leicester Hospital

Independent hospital, 3 miles away

9 to 21weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 173 people treated in the month.

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George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

NHS trust, 16.4 miles away

11 to 34weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 34 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 27 weeks. 510 people treated in the month.

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

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