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Compare hospitals for trauma and orthopaedic

Every NHS trust in England that reports trauma and orthopaedic, compared side by side. Waiting-list figures are for incomplete pathways (people still waiting to start treatment); hip and knee outcomes are from patients' own before/after scores.

The best hospital depends on what matters most to you — a shorter wait, a better outcome, or a shorter journey. Sort by each to compare.

126 trusts. Data: June 2026. Source: NHS England RTT statistics + PROMs. CQC inspection ratings aren't shown here — see each trust's profile page, linked from every row.

Hip and knee outcomes are the case-mix-adjusted average health gain (Oxford Score, 0-48 scale, higher = better) from NHS England's voluntary PROMs survey — patients score their own health before and after surgery. Always read the score alongside the patient count (n); trusts with a “—” had no published PROMs result. About this data.

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#TrustMedian waitWithin 18 wksHip outcomeKnee outcome
1Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation TrustBodmin3.9 wks99.0%——
2Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS TrustWorcester4.6 wks96.8%——
3Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustAshford6.7 wks99.9%——
4Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustPreston6.9 wks90.6%——
5East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn7.2 wks78.9%20.9(n=66)18.2(n=113)
6Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath7.2 wks79.5%——
7South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick7.7 wks84.4%——
8North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool7.9 wks85.9%21.8(n=149)16.9(n=173)
9University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham7.9 wks77.7%——
10East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea8.2 wks78.1%24.4(n=127)16.9(n=94)
11Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton8.2 wks85.0%——
12Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustStanmore8.6 wks75.3%21.5(n=87)15.6(n=131)
13University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon8.8 wks76.5%22.1(n=185)16.7(n=206)
14County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington9.0 wks74.3%21.7(n=196)18.5(n=229)
15Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon9.0 wks77.6%——
16Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading9.1 wks87.1%19.4(n=90)15.4(n=105)
17George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton9.1 wks76.9%——
18Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury9.5 wks85.3%——
19Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone9.5 wks77.7%21.6(n=148)16.7(n=173)
20Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot9.7 wks69.0%19.3(n=95)16.8(n=135)
21James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth9.7 wks70.0%22.0(n=150)14.9(n=228)
22Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield9.8 wks74.9%22.2(n=142)16.1(n=154)
23The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton10.7 wks68.2%22.5(n=172)17.1(n=155)
24Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton11.4 wks65.2%——
25South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough11.5 wks68.5%21.7(n=198)18.3(n=235)
26Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne11.5 wks67.2%20.7(n=68)18.1(n=92)
27York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork11.6 wks62.6%—14.9(n=38)
28Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields11.7 wks70.5%24.3(n=34)—
29Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey11.8 wks65.7%22.2(n=43)15.2(n=43)
30Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering11.8 wks65.6%21.7(n=31)18.9(n=54)
31Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley11.8 wks63.9%21.4(n=38)18.4(n=53)
32Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury12.0 wks68.2%22.2(n=91)17.5(n=98)
33The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham12.1 wks66.3%21.8(n=773)17.9(n=837)
34University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal12.1 wks63.0%22.8(n=128)17.7(n=193)
35St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon12.1 wks66.2%——
36The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne12.2 wks62.4%——
37Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall12.2 wks62.9%——
38Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol12.6 wks67.6%23.0(n=38)15.5(n=47)
39Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton12.8 wks64.5%23.1(n=615)16.7(n=637)
40Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon12.8 wks63.9%—21.3(n=63)
41Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath12.8 wks65.3%23.9(n=49)19.8(n=37)
42The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley13.0 wks63.2%20.7(n=138)18.0(n=168)
43Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester13.1 wks61.8%——
44Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate13.2 wks62.6%23.5(n=160)16.6(n=147)
45Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon13.4 wks62.9%——
46Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan13.6 wks62.0%23.2(n=474)17.7(n=444)
47Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke13.6 wks61.3%——
48Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby13.7 wks61.2%20.0(n=133)16.6(n=174)
49Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull13.8 wks60.0%——
50Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield13.8 wks61.3%23.5(n=71)16.9(n=62)
51Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.9 wks62.2%20.8(n=131)15.0(n=123)
52The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge14.0 wks59.9%20.2(n=43)16.0(n=82)
53Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford14.0 wks61.7%20.4(n=89)15.1(n=109)
54Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead14.0 wks60.2%23.0(n=85)18.9(n=102)
55University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry14.1 wks60.0%—18.9(n=32)
56Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford14.2 wks58.2%22.7(n=103)17.1(n=124)
57North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle14.2 wks60.0%21.9(n=66)17.5(n=58)
58Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport14.3 wks59.6%22.8(n=110)19.1(n=44)
59United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln14.4 wks60.7%22.1(n=80)16.0(n=100)
60Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick14.5 wks61.0%21.9(n=89)16.6(n=102)
61London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow14.6 wks59.9%19.8(n=41)13.7(n=103)
62Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe14.7 wks59.6%23.2(n=68)16.6(n=144)
63Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham14.7 wks60.5%20.7(n=92)15.4(n=113)
64Barts Health NHS TrustLondon14.8 wks57.7%20.5(n=30)—
65East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield14.8 wks57.6%24.0(n=61)18.2(n=57)
66South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland14.9 wks58.1%——
67Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham14.9 wks60.1%25.5(n=72)20.0(n=39)
68Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford14.9 wks57.6%23.6(n=86)17.3(n=105)
69King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon14.9 wks58.4%——
70Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton14.9 wks58.5%21.9(n=111)18.1(n=106)
71Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley14.9 wks58.1%20.4(n=35)17.1(n=67)
72Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon15.0 wks59.4%——
73Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool15.1 wks58.7%16.4(n=58)14.2(n=55)
74Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester15.2 wks57.3%23.1(n=36)16.5(n=47)
75Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustBrighton15.3 wks56.8%——
76Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds15.3 wks56.1%22.8(n=91)14.2(n=100)
77Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford15.6 wks55.4%22.5(n=121)16.9(n=120)
78The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow15.7 wks55.7%22.6(n=31)—
79Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill15.8 wks55.2%21.7(n=44)15.5(n=45)
80Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge15.9 wks55.8%23.4(n=182)16.5(n=168)
81Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster16.0 wks53.8%21.9(n=124)16.0(n=161)
82Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham16.0 wks54.5%22.3(n=192)18.2(n=197)
83West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford16.0 wks55.2%22.9(n=96)16.0(n=153)
84University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustPlymouth16.1 wks54.7%21.0(n=85)18.0(n=80)
85Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford16.1 wks54.7%24.4(n=40)17.7(n=85)
86Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham16.3 wks54.8%22.8(n=78)17.3(n=68)
87North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough16.4 wks53.9%22.6(n=106)15.1(n=94)
88Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield16.4 wks54.0%21.3(n=189)17.0(n=285)
89Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley16.5 wks53.8%21.8(n=214)16.5(n=250)
90University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole16.5 wks54.6%22.3(n=173)18.3(n=160)
91Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon16.6 wks54.1%——
92Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford16.6 wks53.8%22.6(n=55)17.5(n=59)
93Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral16.6 wks53.4%23.0(n=170)18.3(n=157)
94University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent16.8 wks52.9%22.1(n=79)17.6(n=81)
95Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester16.9 wks52.7%22.5(n=104)19.8(n=87)
96West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds17.0 wks52.3%21.1(n=208)15.6(n=293)
97The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustOswestry17.1 wks52.1%24.2(n=321)18.9(n=387)
98The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham17.1 wks52.0%21.9(n=51)18.2(n=49)
99Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston17.4 wks53.3%22.7(n=107)15.0(n=86)
100Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool17.4 wks51.8%23.0(n=108)15.8(n=107)
101University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton17.4 wks51.6%22.6(n=94)18.6(n=79)
102Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames17.4 wks51.9%——
103Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield17.4 wks50.9%22.6(n=70)19.5(n=81)
104Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton17.4 wks51.7%23.5(n=35)—
105Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford17.5 wks51.2%——
106North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington17.5 wks51.1%20.6(n=101)16.7(n=106)
107The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn17.5 wks51.1%23.7(n=91)15.0(n=78)
108Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham17.5 wks100.0%——
109East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester17.7 wks50.6%23.0(n=163)18.0(n=204)
110Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon17.8 wks50.5%——
111Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes17.9 wks50.2%22.2(n=76)17.3(n=86)
112Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich18.3 wks49.4%22.6(n=169)15.8(n=244)
113Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro18.5 wks49.2%22.0(n=235)16.8(n=176)
114University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby18.6 wks49.0%21.3(n=444)17.4(n=549)
115Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter18.6 wks48.8%24.2(n=107)19.1(n=166)
116Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth18.6 wks48.7%22.6(n=104)17.0(n=118)
117East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage18.8 wks48.1%22.9(n=79)17.4(n=77)
118The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury18.9 wks48.3%20.1(n=32)—
119Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport18.9 wks48.9%18.9(n=58)16.4(n=62)
120Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon19.4 wks46.4%21.6(n=73)14.5(n=67)
121University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing19.5 wks47.5%22.7(n=191)16.8(n=230)
122East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury20.0 wks45.5%23.9(n=134)17.2(n=134)
123Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester21.2 wks42.5%23.3(n=30)16.6(n=35)
124Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton21.8 wks42.0%21.9(n=72)18.0(n=86)
125University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester22.5 wks40.3%23.3(n=170)17.1(n=212)
126Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea28.9 wks30.9%22.3(n=41)18.0(n=43)

Tip: for planned care you can usually ask to be referred to any trust — one with a higher “% within 18 weeks” may treat you sooner. Your right to choose.

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