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Orthopaedics waiting times at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 4,364 people were on the Orthopaedics at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (60%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · NHS trust · Orthopaedics across England

People waiting
4,364
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
60.0%
England: 60.9%
Over 52 weeks
26
Median wait
16 wks
Published median for this list

26 people (0.6%, roughly 1 in 167) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is broadly in line with the England picture for this service.

Why this page exists

This page combines facts that neither the organisation page nor the England specialty page shows on its own: the current published figure for this one service at this one organisation; how that figure has moved over the months we hold; the England figure for the same service in the same month; other NHS trusts within 25 miles reporting the same service; the published median wait and 52-week count for this list; the other services this organisation reports. This service accounts for 6.6% of everyone waiting at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

Orthopaedics, NHS England Referral to Treatment figures, April 2024 to August 2026.

18-week performance broadly stable

Published 18-week performance for Orthopaedics at this organisation has been broadly stable over the past 12 months (a change of under 3 percentage points): 60% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 57% at the end of August 2025.

Share of people on the waiting list who had been waiting under 18 weeks, at the end of each month. Scale runs from 0% to 100%. 1 month is missing and shown as a gap, not estimated.
Latest · August 2026
60%
3 months earlier · May 2026
61.8% then · change to latest -1.8 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
56.4% then · change to latest +3.6 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
57% then · change to latest +3 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
62.1% then · change to latest -2 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202660%4,364
July 202660.1%4,764
June 202661.7%5,124
May 202661.8%5,371
April 202661.2%6,006
March 202658%5,651
February 202656.4%6,415
January 202657.6%7,019
December 202558.2%6,721
November 2025Not available—
October 202556%5,424
September 202558.8%5,322
August 202557%5,205
July 202558.3%5,091
June 202557.5%5,116
May 202558.6%5,075
April 202560.5%4,995
March 202563.4%4,950
February 202565.3%4,896
January 202564.3%4,989
December 202465.4%4,895
November 202462.3%4,977
October 202464.3%5,093
September 202462.2%4,885
August 202462.5%4,778
July 202462.8%4,720
June 202462.8%4,629
May 202462.9%4,499
April 202462.1%4,344
How we calculate change
  • Each month's figure is the number of people waiting under 18 weeks divided by everyone on the waiting list, from NHS England's published monthly files.
  • Changes compare the latest month with exactly 3, 6 and 12 months earlier, only where both months are published and the list has at least 50 people.
  • The 12-month label is "improved" or "deteriorated" only if the share moved by 3 percentage points or more; smaller moves are called "broadly stable".
  • Where NHS England reissued a month's file, we use the revised file. Months we do not have are left as gaps and never estimated.
  • Earlier months come from our archive of NHS England's published files and are checked against our current figures wherever both exist.

What these figures cannot tell you

  • These are whole-list figures for one specialty at one organisation. They describe the published waiting list, not how long any one person will wait.
  • Trauma and Orthopaedics covers many conditions and operations. These figures are not specific to hip or knee replacement.
  • Figures are published for the whole organisation, which may run several hospital sites. They do not show the position at any single site.
  • Patients are prioritised by clinical need, so people on the same list can wait very different times.
  • A higher share within 18 weeks is not a measure of the quality of care.

Other NHS trusts offering orthopaedics within 25 miles

Published figures only. These are whole-list figures for each organisation in one month; a different organisation's published position does not mean an individual referral would move faster there.

Alternative trusts for Orthopaedics
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust9.8 mi2,58059%-1.4 pp
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust9.9 mi5,00351%-9.2 pp
Barts Health NHS Trust10.7 mi8,89356%-4.5 pp
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust11.6 mi5,99663%+2.5 pp
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust13.6 mi3,86162%+1.8 pp

What these figures cannot tell you

  • Where you are in a queue, or when you will be seen or treated.
  • How urgent your own referral is. These are aggregate waiting-list figures and do not show the clinical priority of an individual patient.
  • Anything about a specific consultant, clinic or site within a trust.
  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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