ShortestWait

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust Midlands Area: Birmingham and Solihull

At the end of August 2026, 13,473 patients were waiting for treatment at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 12.2 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
12.2 weeks
92% waiting less than
33.6 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
66%
Waiting over a year
69

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
Orthopaedics 11,098 12.8 wks 13.9 wks 35.9 wks 160th of 299
General medicine 318 9.8 wks 10.2 wks 24.3 wks 42nd of 62
Other medical specialties 1,210 12.7 wks 10.7 wks 28.6 wks 112th of 145
Other services 847 7.7 wks 8.7 wks 19.9 wks 53rd of 119

Rank 1st means the shortest median wait among providers with at least 50 patients waiting in that specialty.

Median wait across all specialties

  • The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 16.4 weeks to 12.2 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612.2 wks
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MonthThe Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202612.212.2
July 202612.112
June 202611.611.9
May 202612.612.4
April 202612.111.9
March 202611.911.3
February 202613.513.2
January 202613.913.6
December 202513.513.5
November 20251312.9
October 202513.713.3
September 202513.513.4
August 202513.513.5
July 202513.413.1
June 202513.913.4
May 202514.613.6
April 202514.713.3
March 202516.013.9
February 202516.514.2
January 202517.214.5
December 202417.314.2
November 202417.114
October 202416.814.2
September 202416.414.4

Where it treats patients

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of figures for all its hospitals, so the waits above cover every site below.

Sites come from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Some clinics a trust runs inside other organisations' hospitals are not listed.

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