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Orthopaedics waiting times at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 15,109 people were on the Orthopaedics at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 4 in 10 people (44%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Orthopaedics across England

People waiting
15,109
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
44.3%
England: 60.9%
Over 52 weeks
2,234
Median wait
21 wks
Published median for this list

2,234 people (14.8%, roughly 1 in 7) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 16.6 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 66.7% of everyone waiting at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital 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: 44.3% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 38% 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
44.3%
3 months earlier · May 2026
42% then · change to latest +2.3 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
37.1% then · change to latest +7.2 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
38% then · change to latest +6.3 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
39.7% then · change to latest +4.6 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202644.3%15,109
July 202643.3%14,960
June 202642.8%15,021
May 202642%15,236
April 202640.6%15,309
March 202640.4%15,528
February 202637.1%16,046
January 202637.4%16,700
December 202537.5%17,361
November 202539.6%17,786
October 202539.9%18,200
September 202540.4%18,411
August 202538%18,109
July 202537.7%18,047
June 202537.9%18,034
May 202537.4%17,715
April 202537.7%18,043
March 202538%18,078
February 202537.5%18,017
January 202538%17,928
December 202439.3%18,226
November 202440.8%18,427
October 202439.3%18,221
September 202440.7%17,765
August 202441.8%17,462
July 202442.4%17,084
June 202441.7%16,761
May 202440.8%16,648
April 202439.7%16,516
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 Trust15.7 mi2,33346%+1.9 pp
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust18.7 mi7,28783%+38.6 pp
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust23.1 mi2,54968%+23.6 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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