HospitalCheck

Compare hospitals for trauma and orthopaedic

Every NHS trust in England that reports trauma and orthopaedic, compared side by side. Waiting-list figures are for incomplete pathways (people still waiting to start treatment); hip and knee outcomes are from patients' own before/after scores.

The best hospital depends on what matters most to you — a shorter wait, a better outcome, or a shorter journey. Sort by each to compare.

125 trusts. Data: July 2026. Source: NHS England RTT statistics + PROMs. CQC inspection ratings aren't shown here — see each trust's profile page, linked from every row.

Hip and knee outcomes are the case-mix-adjusted average health gain (Oxford Score, 0-48 scale, higher = better) from NHS England's voluntary PROMs survey — patients score their own health before and after surgery. Always read the score alongside the patient count (n); trusts with a “—” had no published PROMs result. About this data.

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#TrustMedian waitWithin 18 wksHip outcomeKnee outcome
1Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care NHS TrustWorcester3.0 wks97.0%——
2Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation TrustBodmin3.1 wks100.0%——
3Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustAshford6.8 wks99.4%——
4Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustPreston6.9 wks83.9%——
5East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn7.1 wks78.0%20.9(n=66)18.2(n=113)
6North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool7.3 wks86.6%21.8(n=149)16.9(n=173)
7County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington7.7 wks75.3%21.7(n=196)18.5(n=229)
8Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath7.9 wks80.4%——
9South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick8.1 wks84.7%——
10University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon8.4 wks74.8%22.1(n=185)16.7(n=206)
11East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea8.6 wks78.6%24.4(n=127)16.9(n=94)
12Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustStanmore8.6 wks76.4%21.5(n=87)15.6(n=131)
13Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading8.7 wks87.3%19.4(n=90)15.4(n=105)
14University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham8.8 wks77.3%——
15Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton8.9 wks83.2%——
16George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton8.9 wks79.1%——
17Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon9.0 wks76.1%——
18Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury9.4 wks84.2%——
19James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth10.2 wks73.3%22.0(n=150)14.9(n=228)
20The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton10.3 wks71.9%22.5(n=172)17.1(n=155)
21Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone10.3 wks76.9%21.6(n=148)16.7(n=173)
22Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot10.4 wks67.0%19.3(n=95)16.8(n=135)
23Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley10.4 wks66.9%21.4(n=38)18.4(n=53)
24Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields11.2 wks70.2%24.3(n=34)—
25Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield11.2 wks72.0%22.2(n=142)16.1(n=154)
26Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton11.6 wks64.0%——
27St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.7 wks68.2%——
28Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne11.7 wks67.0%20.7(n=68)18.1(n=92)
29York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork11.8 wks65.2%—14.9(n=38)
30Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall11.8 wks63.6%——
31Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester11.8 wks65.4%——
32South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough11.9 wks67.2%21.7(n=198)18.3(n=235)
33Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering12.0 wks65.4%21.7(n=31)18.9(n=54)
34Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury12.2 wks66.3%22.2(n=91)17.5(n=98)
35The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne12.3 wks63.2%——
36Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath12.3 wks67.5%23.9(n=49)19.8(n=37)
37Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey12.4 wks65.0%22.2(n=43)15.2(n=43)
38Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate12.6 wks63.4%23.5(n=160)16.6(n=147)
39The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham12.7 wks65.1%21.8(n=773)17.9(n=837)
40Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol12.9 wks63.9%23.0(n=38)15.5(n=47)
41Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke12.9 wks61.9%——
42Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton13.1 wks62.4%23.1(n=615)16.7(n=637)
43The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley13.1 wks62.9%20.7(n=138)18.0(n=168)
44Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan13.3 wks62.3%23.2(n=474)17.7(n=444)
45University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal13.3 wks60.7%22.8(n=128)17.7(n=193)
46University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry13.3 wks61.2%—18.9(n=32)
47Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon13.4 wks60.6%——
48Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull13.4 wks60.1%——
49Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford13.5 wks60.0%23.6(n=86)17.3(n=105)
50East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield13.5 wks60.1%24.0(n=61)18.2(n=57)
51Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.6 wks61.1%20.8(n=131)15.0(n=123)
52Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon13.6 wks62.6%—21.3(n=63)
53Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby13.6 wks61.3%20.0(n=133)16.6(n=174)
54United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln13.7 wks62.9%22.1(n=80)16.0(n=100)
55North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle13.7 wks60.9%21.9(n=66)17.5(n=58)
56The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge13.8 wks60.1%20.2(n=43)16.0(n=82)
57Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe13.9 wks58.6%23.2(n=68)16.6(n=144)
58King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon14.1 wks60.5%——
59Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield14.1 wks59.9%23.5(n=71)16.9(n=62)
60Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport14.2 wks59.8%22.8(n=110)19.1(n=44)
61Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon14.2 wks57.6%——
62Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead14.2 wks60.0%23.0(n=85)18.9(n=102)
63Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick14.3 wks60.1%21.9(n=89)16.6(n=102)
64Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester14.4 wks59.0%23.1(n=36)16.5(n=47)
65London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow14.4 wks60.2%19.8(n=41)13.7(n=103)
66Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley14.4 wks59.5%20.4(n=35)17.1(n=67)
67Sussex Community NHS Foundation TrustBrighton14.5 wks58.3%——
68Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford14.5 wks57.9%22.5(n=121)16.9(n=120)
69Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford14.6 wks60.1%20.4(n=89)15.1(n=109)
70Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton14.8 wks57.7%21.9(n=111)18.1(n=106)
71Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral14.8 wks56.5%23.0(n=170)18.3(n=157)
72Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds14.9 wks55.8%22.8(n=91)14.2(n=100)
73Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge14.9 wks56.5%23.4(n=182)16.5(n=168)
74Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford15.0 wks55.1%22.7(n=103)17.1(n=124)
75Barts Health NHS TrustLondon15.0 wks57.7%20.5(n=30)—
76Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool15.0 wks56.3%16.4(n=58)14.2(n=55)
77South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland15.1 wks55.9%——
78Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford15.3 wks55.0%24.4(n=40)17.7(n=85)
79The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow15.4 wks55.8%22.6(n=31)—
80Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield15.4 wks55.1%21.3(n=189)17.0(n=285)
81Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill15.4 wks56.0%21.7(n=44)15.5(n=45)
82Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston15.5 wks56.3%22.7(n=107)15.0(n=86)
83West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford15.6 wks55.3%22.9(n=96)16.0(n=153)
84Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham15.6 wks55.1%22.8(n=78)17.3(n=68)
85Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham15.6 wks55.4%20.7(n=92)15.4(n=113)
86The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham15.7 wks53.2%21.9(n=51)18.2(n=49)
87Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster15.8 wks53.7%21.9(n=124)16.0(n=161)
88University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole15.8 wks55.6%22.3(n=173)18.3(n=160)
89North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough15.8 wks53.5%22.6(n=106)15.1(n=94)
90Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley16.0 wks53.8%21.8(n=214)16.5(n=250)
91Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon16.0 wks54.7%——
92Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton16.0 wks53.9%23.5(n=35)—
93Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford16.2 wks53.0%22.6(n=55)17.5(n=59)
94Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham16.3 wks53.3%22.3(n=192)18.2(n=197)
95North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington16.5 wks53.2%20.6(n=101)16.7(n=106)
96The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn16.6 wks52.2%23.7(n=91)15.0(n=78)
97University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent16.9 wks52.6%22.1(n=79)17.6(n=81)
98The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustOswestry17.0 wks51.7%24.2(n=321)18.9(n=387)
99East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester17.2 wks52.1%23.0(n=163)18.0(n=204)
100Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham17.2 wks52.1%25.5(n=72)20.0(n=39)
101University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton17.3 wks51.3%22.6(n=94)18.6(n=79)
102West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds17.4 wks51.5%21.1(n=208)15.6(n=293)
103Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames17.4 wks51.5%——
104Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes17.4 wks51.4%22.2(n=76)17.3(n=86)
105Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield17.4 wks51.2%22.6(n=70)19.5(n=81)
106Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford17.7 wks50.6%——
107Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon17.8 wks50.5%——
108Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport17.8 wks50.4%18.9(n=58)16.4(n=62)
109Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth18.0 wks49.9%22.6(n=104)17.0(n=118)
110Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro18.1 wks49.9%22.0(n=235)16.8(n=176)
111Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester18.1 wks49.6%22.5(n=104)19.8(n=87)
112Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter18.4 wks49.2%24.2(n=107)19.1(n=166)
113Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich18.4 wks49.1%22.6(n=169)15.8(n=244)
114University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing18.7 wks48.7%22.7(n=191)16.8(n=230)
115East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage18.7 wks48.6%22.9(n=79)17.4(n=77)
116University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby18.9 wks48.3%21.3(n=444)17.4(n=549)
117Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon18.9 wks47.6%21.6(n=73)14.5(n=67)
118Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool19.0 wks47.4%23.0(n=108)15.8(n=107)
119Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester20.0 wks46.0%23.3(n=30)16.6(n=35)
120The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury20.0 wks44.6%20.1(n=32)—
121East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury20.6 wks44.2%23.9(n=134)17.2(n=134)
122Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton20.9 wks45.0%21.9(n=72)18.0(n=86)
123Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham22.5 wks0.0%——
124University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester22.9 wks39.3%23.3(n=170)17.1(n=212)
125Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea29.1 wks27.3%22.3(n=41)18.0(n=43)

Tip: for planned care you can usually ask to be referred to any trust — one with a higher “% within 18 weeks” may treat you sooner. Your right to choose.

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