Bones, joints and muscles at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

Furness General and Royal Lancaster Infirmary trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 12 to 60 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 44 weeks. 62% 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 Morecambe Bay 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 20248.551.712.8
October 20248.850.211.7
November 202419.952.811.8
December 20247.745.712.4
January 20258.345.612.8
February 20259.344.413.6
March 20259.043.910.9
April 20258.447.411.1
May 20259.548.610.7
June 20258.347.411.7
July 202510.147.211.5
August 202510.149.611.8
September 202510.449.311.3
October 20259.649.410.9
November 20258.953.010.9
December 20258.753.611.6
January 20269.851.812.2
February 202610.554.213.2
March 202611.350.811.8
April 20269.457.112.2
May 20269.355.012.2
June 20267.650.312.1
July 20268.656.513.3
August 202611.759.912.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Lancaster Private Hospital

Independent hospital, 18.3 miles away

8 to 24weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 98 people treated in the month.

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

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