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Orthopaedics waiting times at Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 7,287 people were on the Orthopaedics at Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust waiting list and about 8 in 10 people (83%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust · NHS trust · Orthopaedics across England

People waiting
7,287
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
82.9%
England: 60.9%
Over 52 weeks
1
Median wait
11 wks
Published median for this list

1 people (0.0%) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 22 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. This service accounts for 88.7% of everyone waiting at Shropshire Community Health 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: 82.9% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 78.8% 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
82.9%
3 months earlier · May 2026
84.8% then · change to latest -1.9 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
86.5% then · change to latest -3.6 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
78.8% then · change to latest +4.1 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
50.6% then · change to latest +32.3 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202682.9%7,287
July 202684.2%7,115
June 202685.3%7,051
May 202684.8%6,973
April 202682.9%6,924
March 202684%6,920
February 202686.5%6,458
January 202685.7%6,445
December 202584.4%6,490
November 202583.9%6,760
October 202586.1%6,823
September 202584.7%6,831
August 202578.8%6,975
July 202571.7%7,510
June 202565.3%7,882
May 202560.3%8,138
April 202559.2%8,210
March 202559.5%8,824
February 202557.7%9,224
January 202556.8%9,617
December 202455.1%9,664
November 202457.3%10,425
October 202456.6%11,252
September 202452.4%12,036
August 202451.9%12,262
July 202451.6%12,154
June 202451.9%11,275
May 202455.3%11,937
April 202450.6%11,143
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
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust3.3 mi2,33346%-36.7 pp
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust18.7 mi15,10944%-38.6 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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