Nuffield Health, The Grosvenor Hospital, Chester
Updated June 2026
The typical wait to see an orthopaedic consultant is
13 weeks
That's 3 months
The NHS Trauma & Orthopaedics waiting list at Nuffield Health, The Grosvenor Hospital, Chester currently has 417 patients waiting, with a typical wait of around 13 weeks from GP referral. About 8 in 10 Trauma & Orthopaedics patients here are seen within 18 weeks (the NHS constitutional target is 9 in 10). 2 have been waiting over a year. Nuffield Health, The Grosvenor Hospital, Chester is an Independent Sector provider in the North West region. Waits at this hospital are about 0.7 week longer than in June 2025. It's slipped down 14 places in the national league for this department's; now 165 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 about the same as the national average.
Ranked 165th out of 307 hospitals nationally for this department
Ranked 19th out of 37 in North West
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Nuffield Health, The Grosvenor Hospital, Chester currently has about 417 patients on its Trauma & Orthopaedics waiting list. The typical wait from GP referral to first appointment is around 13 weeks.
About 76% of Trauma & Orthopaedics patients at Nuffield Health, The Grosvenor Hospital, Chester are currently seen within 18 weeks of GP referral. The NHS constitutional target is 92%.
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