Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust
Updated June 2026
The typical wait to see an orthopaedic consultant is
5 weeks
That's 1 month
The NHS Trauma & Orthopaedics waiting list at Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust currently has 31 patients waiting, with a typical wait of around 5 weeks from GP referral. About 10 in 10 Trauma & Orthopaedics patients here are seen within 18 weeks (the NHS constitutional target is 9 in 10). Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust is an NHS Trust in the Midlands region. Waits at this hospital are about 2.1 weeks shorter than in June 2025. It's moved up 20 places in the national league for this department's; now 7 out of 307 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 7th out of 307 hospitals nationally for this department
Ranked 2nd out of 55 in Midlands
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Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust currently has about 31 patients on its Trauma & Orthopaedics waiting list. The typical wait from GP referral to first appointment is around 5 weeks.
About 97% of Trauma & Orthopaedics patients at Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust are currently seen within 18 weeks of GP referral. The NHS constitutional target is 92%.
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