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Orthopaedics waiting times at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 5,011 people were on the Orthopaedics at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust waiting list and about 5 in 10 people (49%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust · NHS trust · Orthopaedics across England

People waiting
5,011
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
49.1%
England: 60.9%
Over 52 weeks
173
Median wait
19 wks
Published median for this list

173 people (3.5%, roughly 1 in 29) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 11.8 percentage points behind 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 8.7% of everyone waiting at Portsmouth Hospitals University 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): 49.1% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 51.5% 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
49.1%
3 months earlier · May 2026
51.9% then · change to latest -2.8 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
50.9% then · change to latest -1.7 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
51.5% then · change to latest -2.4 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
53.1% then · change to latest -3.9 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202649.1%5,011
July 202650%5,194
June 202648.7%5,210
May 202651.9%5,320
April 202652%5,516
March 202652.8%5,267
February 202650.9%5,638
January 202649.4%5,776
December 202550.4%5,842
November 202550.4%5,818
October 202549.8%5,978
September 202553.2%6,187
August 202551.5%5,928
July 202550.9%5,860
June 202552.8%5,833
May 202550.6%5,715
April 202549.5%5,965
March 202550.8%5,755
February 202548.6%5,594
January 202549.5%5,624
December 202450.6%5,853
November 202450.2%5,667
October 202451.8%5,833
September 202452.3%5,705
August 202452.9%5,779
July 202452.8%5,778
June 202452.8%5,719
May 202453.1%5,582
April 202453.1%5,520
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
Isle of Wight NHS Trust14 mi2,26952%+3.1 pp
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust16.9 mi4,08151%+1.5 pp
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust20.8 mi3,65983%+34.1 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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