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Orthopaedics waiting times at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 3,706 people were on the Orthopaedics at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust waiting list and about 8 in 10 people (80%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · NHS trust · Orthopaedics across England

People waiting
3,706
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
80.1%
England: 60.9%
Over 52 weeks
13
Median wait
9 wks
Published median for this list

13 people (0.4%, roughly 1 in 250) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 19.2 percentage points better than the England figure 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 10.2% of everyone waiting at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for Orthopaedics at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 80.1% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 75.4% 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%.
Latest · August 2026
80.1%
3 months earlier · May 2026
77.1% then · change to latest +2.9 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
73.3% then · change to latest +6.8 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
75.4% then · change to latest +4.7 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
61.6% then · change to latest +18.4 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202680.1%3,706
July 202680.4%3,771
June 202679.5%3,896
May 202677.1%3,666
April 202675.8%3,539
March 202677%3,578
February 202673.3%3,683
January 202673.3%3,874
December 202575.2%4,030
November 202576.5%4,415
October 202577%4,550
September 202577%4,794
August 202575.4%5,131
July 202574.9%5,224
June 202574.6%5,213
May 202572.9%5,102
April 202571.8%5,006
March 202572.9%4,982
February 202572.1%5,131
January 202570%5,397
December 202473.3%5,776
November 202473.2%5,987
October 202475.1%6,124
September 202475%6,121
August 202473%6,117
July 202463%6,993
June 202463.5%6,819
May 202462.9%6,670
April 202461.6%6,399
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
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust3.3 mi6,88562%-18.1 pp
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3.9 mi4,11868%-12.3 pp
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust5.5 mi3,86162%-18.2 pp
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust5.9 mi5,99663%-17.6 pp
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust7.3 mi5,45956%-24.3 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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