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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.

124 trusts. Data: August 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 TrustBodmin3.5 wks100.0%——
2Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS TrustWorcester3.5 wks97.6%——
3Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustPreston6.2 wks87.1%——
4Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustAshford7.1 wks99.7%——
5County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington7.4 wks74.6%21.7(n=196)18.5(n=229)
6East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn7.4 wks78.1%20.9(n=66)18.2(n=113)
7North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool8.0 wks85.1%21.8(n=149)16.9(n=173)
8Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon8.5 wks78.1%——
9University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham8.6 wks77.2%——
10South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick8.7 wks85.6%——
11Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath9.0 wks80.1%——
12Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustStanmore9.1 wks77.9%21.5(n=87)15.6(n=131)
13University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon9.1 wks73.7%22.1(n=185)16.7(n=206)
14George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton9.1 wks78.8%——
15East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea9.5 wks78.0%24.4(n=127)16.9(n=94)
16Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton9.5 wks83.2%——
17Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot9.7 wks67.4%19.3(n=95)16.8(n=135)
18Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading10.0 wks82.9%19.4(n=90)15.4(n=105)
19Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury10.2 wks83.0%——
20James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth10.4 wks73.0%22.0(n=150)14.9(n=228)
21Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley10.5 wks66.2%21.4(n=38)18.4(n=53)
22The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton10.8 wks71.6%22.5(n=172)17.1(n=155)
23Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone10.8 wks75.6%21.6(n=148)16.7(n=173)
24Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield11.1 wks72.2%22.2(n=142)16.1(n=154)
25Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne11.5 wks67.0%20.7(n=68)18.1(n=92)
26St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.7 wks67.8%——
27Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester11.7 wks67.2%——
28Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath11.8 wks68.8%23.9(n=49)19.8(n=37)
29Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall11.9 wks64.5%——
30Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields12.1 wks70.5%24.3(n=34)—
31Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering12.1 wks65.0%21.7(n=31)18.9(n=54)
32The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne12.3 wks62.7%——
33United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln12.3 wks66.5%22.1(n=80)16.0(n=100)
34Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury12.3 wks66.0%22.2(n=91)17.5(n=98)
35South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough12.4 wks67.5%21.7(n=198)18.3(n=235)
36York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork12.4 wks65.2%—14.9(n=38)
37Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey12.6 wks66.5%22.2(n=43)15.2(n=43)
38Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon12.6 wks64.5%—21.3(n=63)
39Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton12.7 wks62.8%——
40University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal12.7 wks61.7%22.8(n=128)17.7(n=193)
41The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham12.8 wks64.4%21.8(n=773)17.9(n=837)
42Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon13.0 wks62.5%——
43University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry13.1 wks61.6%—18.9(n=32)
44Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate13.2 wks62.5%23.5(n=160)16.6(n=147)
45The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley13.3 wks63.6%20.7(n=138)18.0(n=168)
46Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan13.4 wks62.5%23.2(n=474)17.7(n=444)
47Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton13.4 wks61.9%23.1(n=615)16.7(n=637)
48Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford13.4 wks62.7%23.6(n=86)17.3(n=105)
49Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull13.4 wks60.8%——
50East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield13.4 wks60.9%24.0(n=61)18.2(n=57)
51Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.7 wks61.4%20.8(n=131)15.0(n=123)
52Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol13.8 wks62.6%23.0(n=38)15.5(n=47)
53King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.9 wks61.8%——
54Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustBrighton14.0 wks60.9%——
55Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby14.0 wks59.4%20.0(n=133)16.6(n=174)
56Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield14.1 wks59.8%23.5(n=71)16.9(n=62)
57The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge14.2 wks59.8%20.2(n=43)16.0(n=82)
58Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke14.2 wks60.7%——
59Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester14.4 wks59.0%23.1(n=36)16.5(n=47)
60North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle14.5 wks60.2%21.9(n=66)17.5(n=58)
61Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe14.7 wks59.0%23.2(n=68)16.6(n=144)
62Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford14.7 wks59.1%24.4(n=40)17.7(n=85)
63Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon14.8 wks58.7%——
64Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport14.9 wks59.0%22.8(n=110)19.1(n=44)
65Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral14.9 wks58.3%23.0(n=170)18.3(n=157)
66London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow15.0 wks59.5%19.8(n=41)13.7(n=103)
67Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford15.1 wks57.4%22.5(n=121)16.9(n=120)
68Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge15.1 wks58.0%23.4(n=182)16.5(n=168)
69Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford15.1 wks60.0%20.4(n=89)15.1(n=109)
70Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley15.2 wks58.0%20.4(n=35)17.1(n=67)
71Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick15.3 wks58.7%21.9(n=89)16.6(n=102)
72Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead15.3 wks58.5%23.0(n=85)18.9(n=102)
73Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes15.5 wks56.7%22.2(n=76)17.3(n=86)
74Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool15.5 wks55.5%16.4(n=58)14.2(n=55)
75South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland15.6 wks55.4%——
76Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds15.6 wks56.0%22.8(n=91)14.2(n=100)
77Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford15.7 wks54.3%22.7(n=103)17.1(n=124)
78Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield15.7 wks55.4%21.3(n=189)17.0(n=285)
79Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton15.7 wks55.2%23.5(n=35)—
80Barts Health NHS TrustLondon15.9 wks55.5%20.5(n=30)—
81North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough15.9 wks55.2%22.6(n=106)15.1(n=94)
82Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon15.9 wks55.7%——
83The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn15.9 wks55.2%23.7(n=91)15.0(n=78)
84Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham16.0 wks56.1%22.8(n=78)17.3(n=68)
85Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames16.0 wks56.5%——
86Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston16.2 wks55.5%22.7(n=107)15.0(n=86)
87Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon16.3 wks54.4%——
88Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool16.3 wks54.7%23.0(n=108)15.8(n=107)
89Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley16.4 wks53.7%21.8(n=214)16.5(n=250)
90The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow16.5 wks54.0%22.6(n=31)—
91The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham16.5 wks53.1%21.9(n=51)18.2(n=49)
92The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustOswestry16.7 wks52.5%24.2(n=321)18.9(n=387)
93University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole16.7 wks53.7%22.3(n=173)18.3(n=160)
94Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham16.7 wks52.9%25.5(n=72)20.0(n=39)
95Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford16.7 wks53.0%22.6(n=55)17.5(n=59)
96Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham16.8 wks54.1%20.7(n=92)15.4(n=113)
97West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford16.9 wks53.2%22.9(n=96)16.0(n=153)
98Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield16.9 wks53.1%22.6(n=70)19.5(n=81)
99Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport16.9 wks52.2%18.9(n=58)16.4(n=62)
100Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill17.0 wks52.7%21.7(n=44)15.5(n=45)
101Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster17.1 wks52.0%21.9(n=124)16.0(n=161)
102Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham17.1 wks52.1%22.3(n=192)18.2(n=197)
103East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester17.2 wks52.2%23.0(n=163)18.0(n=204)
104University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent17.3 wks51.5%22.1(n=79)17.6(n=81)
105North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington17.3 wks52.1%20.6(n=101)16.7(n=106)
106West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds17.6 wks51.2%21.1(n=208)15.6(n=293)
107Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford17.7 wks50.8%——
108University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton17.8 wks50.6%22.6(n=94)18.6(n=79)
109Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro18.0 wks50.1%22.0(n=235)16.8(n=176)
110Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter18.3 wks49.2%24.2(n=107)19.1(n=166)
111Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon18.3 wks49.4%21.6(n=73)14.5(n=67)
112Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth18.4 wks49.1%22.6(n=104)17.0(n=118)
113University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby18.5 wks49.0%21.3(n=444)17.4(n=549)
114Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich18.6 wks48.2%22.6(n=169)15.8(n=244)
115University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing18.8 wks48.4%22.7(n=191)16.8(n=230)
116Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester19.3 wks46.6%22.5(n=104)19.8(n=87)
117East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage19.3 wks47.7%22.9(n=79)17.4(n=77)
118Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester19.4 wks46.1%23.3(n=30)16.6(n=35)
119The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury19.9 wks46.2%20.1(n=32)—
120East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury20.7 wks44.0%23.9(n=134)17.2(n=134)
121Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton20.8 wks45.5%21.9(n=72)18.0(n=86)
122University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester23.9 wks39.1%23.3(n=170)17.1(n=212)
123Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham26.5 wks0.0%——
124Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea30.8 wks28.7%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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