Nuffield Health, Bournemouth Hospital treats NHS patients for trauma and orthopaedics. Most people are seen within 18 to 34 weeks, free on the NHS if you ask for it at referral.
Print the GP sheet for the free routeIndependent hospitals within 25 miles that report trauma and orthopaedics to NHS England, nearest first. The wait shown is the NHS wait each one published for August 2026: half of the people treated waited under the first figure, 9 in 10 under the second.
7.3 miles. NHS wait 22 to 38 weeks, August 2026.
14.4 miles. NHS wait 22 to 42 weeks, August 2026.
18.9 miles. NHS wait 18 to 34 weeks, August 2026. See their prices (Nuffield Health).
NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.
Each hospital sets its own prices and most publish guide prices for common treatments. Where a hospital's operator has a price page, the "See their prices" link above goes to it. We do not copy prices here: a quote in writing from the hospital, covering the consultation, tests, treatment and follow-up, is the only figure to rely on.
Not necessarily. Nuffield Health, Bournemouth Hospital treats NHS patients for trauma and orthopaedics and in August 2026 most people it treated had waited 18 to 34 weeks, shorter than at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. You can ask your GP to refer you there under the NHS right to choose; the NHS pays.
Contact the hospital directly and ask for a fixed-price, all-inclusive quote in writing for the consultation, any tests, the treatment and follow-up. Most groups publish guide prices on their own websites; the links on this page go there.
No. You can have a private consultation or scan and then return to the NHS for treatment, or be referred back to the NHS by the private consultant. You cannot mix NHS and private care within a single episode of treatment.
Every provider near Dorset for trauma and orthopaedics, NHS and independent. Your right to choose a hospital.