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Trauma and Orthopaedic Service waiting times in Midlands

21 NHS trusts in Midlands publish Trauma and Orthopaedic Service waiting times for May 2026, with 111,599 patients waiting between them. The shortest median wait is 3 weeks at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; the longest is 23 weeks at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

In England you can ask to be referred to any of these trusts — you are not restricted to the nearest one.

Every Midlands trust, shortest wait first

NHS trusts only, ranked by median wait. Regions are inferred from each trust's postcode — see methodology.

3weeks
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham · B7 4BN
CQC: Requires improvementCommunity trust
87
On the list
100%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
5weeks
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Worcester · WR5 1JR
CQC: Requires improvementSmall sample · 22Community trust
22
On the list
100%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
7weeks
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham · B15 2GW
4,022
On the list
76%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
9weeks
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
Warwick · CV34 5BW
3,561
On the list
83%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
10weeks
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Nuneaton · CV10 7DJ
1,915
On the list
75%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
12weeks
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Wolverhampton · WV10 0QP
6,699
On the list
66%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
12weeks
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Walsall · WS2 9PS
3,753
On the list
63%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
12weeks
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham · B31 2AP
Specialist centre
10,892
On the list
66%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
12weeks
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Dudley · DY1 2HQ
4,056
On the list
64%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
13weeks
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Kettering · NN16 8UZ
1,763
On the list
66%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
13weeks
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Smethwick · B66 2QT
5,721
On the list
63%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
13weeks
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 4JL
3,075
On the list
61%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
14weeks
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Lincoln · LN2 5QY
6,551
On the list
60%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
15weeks
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Coventry · CV2 2DX
5,784
On the list
57%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
15weeks
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham · NG7 2UH
7,818
On the list
56%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
16weeks
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Stoke-on-Trent · ST4 6QG
5,361
On the list
54%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
16weeks
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Northampton · NN1 5BD
2,722
On the list
55%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
17weeks
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Worcester · WR5 1DD
5,192
On the list
51%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
18weeks
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Hereford · HR1 2ER
CQC: Requires improvement
3,609
On the list
49%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
19weeks
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Derby · DE22 3NE
17,299
On the list
48%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter
23weeks
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Leicester · LE1 5WW
CQC: Requires improvement
11,697
On the list
40%
Within 18 wks
See wait + GP letter

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Source: NHS England Referral-to-Treatment statistics, May 2026. Incomplete pathways, median wait per trust. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Every Midlands trust, shortest wait first

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Wye Valley NHS Trust

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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Every Midlands trust, shortest wait first

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Wye Valley NHS Trust

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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