Bones, joints and muscles at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Arrowe Park trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 17 to 51 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 15 weeks and 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 58% 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 Wirral University Teaching Hospital 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 202416.950.313.0
October 202414.047.713.0
November 202416.251.213.6
December 202415.750.915.0
January 202519.651.815.6
February 202517.452.015.3
March 202517.854.614.5
April 202515.548.513.8
May 202513.145.113.3
June 202514.246.712.6
July 202513.550.612.2
August 202515.643.612.9
September 202514.044.612.0
October 202513.134.212.2
November 202513.539.813.6
December 20257.631.515.8
January 202617.550.617.6
February 202621.251.418.5
March 202622.051.517.9
April 202620.148.617.4
May 202620.649.017.9
June 202620.048.916.6
July 202617.450.114.8
August 202617.350.514.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Has A&E
11 to 43weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 43 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 298 people treated in the month.

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Fairfield Independent Hospital

Independent hospital, 16.3 miles away

14 to 44weeks

Half seen within 14 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 31 weeks. 128 people treated in the month.

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

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