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Orthopaedics waiting times at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 4,118 people were on the Orthopaedics at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (68%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Orthopaedics across England

People waiting
4,118
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
67.8%
England: 60.9%
Over 52 weeks
4
Median wait
12 wks
Published median for this list

4 people (0.1%, roughly 1 in 1000) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 6.9 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 5.8% of everyone waiting at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation 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: 67.8% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 61.4% 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
67.8%
3 months earlier · May 2026
63.1% then · change to latest +4.7 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
61.9% then · change to latest +5.9 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
61.4% then · change to latest +6.4 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
66% then · change to latest +1.8 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202667.8%4,118
July 202668.2%4,004
June 202666.2%3,986
May 202663.1%4,057
April 202663.7%4,032
March 202662.8%3,943
February 202661.9%3,998
January 202662.4%3,940
December 202563.2%3,884
November 202564.2%3,763
October 202563.6%3,967
September 202562.9%4,194
August 202561.4%4,176
July 202563.7%4,228
June 202566.3%4,107
May 202566.9%4,115
April 202565.8%4,131
March 202566.1%4,193
February 202565.6%4,009
January 202565.6%3,993
December 202466.4%3,936
November 202467.1%3,823
October 202467.2%3,811
September 202466.7%3,715
August 202465.5%3,748
July 202465.3%3,699
June 202466.4%3,776
May 202468.2%3,807
April 202466%3,758
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 Trust3.2 mi6,88562%-5.9 pp
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust3.9 mi3,70680%+12.3 pp
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust4 mi5,45956%-12.1 pp
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust4.5 mi3,86162%-5.9 pp
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust4.7 mi2,77657%-11.2 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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