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Orthopaedics waiting times at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 3,449 people were on the Orthopaedics at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (74%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Orthopaedics across England

People waiting
3,449
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
73.6%
England: 60.9%
Over 52 weeks
1
Median wait
10 wks
Published median for this list

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

This hospital's published position is 12.7 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 4.3% of everyone waiting at University College London 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 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): 73.6% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 72.1% 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
73.6%
3 months earlier · May 2026
75.3% then · change to latest -1.6 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
73.5% then · change to latest +0.2 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
72.1% then · change to latest +1.6 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
61.4% then · change to latest +12.2 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202673.6%3,449
July 202674.7%3,381
June 202676.5%3,338
May 202675.3%3,299
April 202675.3%3,367
March 202675.5%3,271
February 202673.5%3,368
January 202671.6%3,434
December 202570.4%3,553
November 202569.3%3,425
October 202569.7%3,570
September 202572.3%3,466
August 202572.1%3,676
July 202573.6%3,544
June 202577%3,403
May 202574%3,606
April 202569.7%3,673
March 202569.1%3,744
February 202566.9%3,696
January 202567.5%3,862
December 202465.9%4,136
November 202467.4%4,110
October 202465.5%4,218
September 202464.2%4,136
August 202463.8%4,206
July 202464.7%4,159
June 202465.1%4,215
May 202464.7%4,194
April 202461.4%4,052
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
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust1.7 mi3,21564%-9.2 pp
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust2.1 mi5,15061%-12.2 pp
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust2.2 mi9,60954%-19.3 pp
Whittington Health NHS Trust2.8 mi2,08978%+4.5 pp
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust3.4 mi5,45956%-17.9 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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