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Orthopaedics waiting times at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 6,676 people were on the Orthopaedics at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (72%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · NHS trust · Orthopaedics across England

People waiting
6,676
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
71.6%
England: 60.9%
Over 52 weeks
54
Median wait
11 wks
Published median for this list

54 people (0.8%, roughly 1 in 125) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 10.7 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 9.4% of everyone waiting at The Royal Wolverhampton 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: 71.6% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 65.3% 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
71.6%
3 months earlier · May 2026
65.7% then · change to latest +5.9 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
64.1% then · change to latest +7.6 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
65.3% then · change to latest +6.3 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
56.9% then · change to latest +14.7 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202671.6%6,676
July 202671.9%6,516
June 202668.2%6,625
May 202665.7%6,699
April 202665.3%6,805
March 202668.4%6,885
February 202664.1%7,448
January 202662.9%7,560
December 202563%6,835
November 202564.8%6,635
October 202563.9%6,456
September 202565.1%6,412
August 202565.3%6,602
July 202566.1%6,469
June 202566.5%6,492
May 202564.8%6,528
April 202560.3%7,446
March 202558.5%7,643
February 202558.4%7,773
January 202559.5%8,159
December 202460.7%8,439
November 202462.2%8,499
October 202462.3%8,708
September 202462.1%9,613
August 202462.9%9,503
July 202464%9,503
June 202462.2%9,340
May 202459.8%9,272
April 202456.9%9,189
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
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust4.2 mi4,03664%-7.1 pp
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust6.8 mi4,25064%-8 pp
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust9.7 mi6,09559%-12.9 pp
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust11.6 mi10%-71.6 pp
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust11.7 mi52100%+28.4 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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