Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Updated April 2026
The typical wait to see an orthopaedic consultant is
8 weeks
That's 2 months
The NHS Trauma & Orthopaedics waiting list at Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust currently has 3,236 patients waiting, with a typical wait of around 8 weeks from GP referral. About 9 in 10 Trauma & Orthopaedics patients here are seen within 18 weeks (the NHS constitutional target is 9 in 10). Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS Foundation Trust in the South East region. Waits at this hospital are about 1.8 weeks longer than in April 2025. It's slipped down 21 places in the national league for this department's; now 43 out of 306 hospitals.
Median wait for this department, with the national average as a dashed line.
Distribution of patients by how many weeks they've been on the waiting list.
The national average wait to see an orthopaedic consultant is about 13 weeks. This hospital is faster than the national average.
Ranked 43rd out of 306 hospitals nationally for this department
Ranked 13th out of 62 in South East
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Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust currently has about 3,236 patients on its Trauma & Orthopaedics waiting list. The typical wait from GP referral to first appointment is around 8 weeks.
About 87% of Trauma & Orthopaedics patients at Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are currently seen within 18 weeks of GP referral. The NHS constitutional target is 92%.
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