Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recorded 43 trauma and orthopaedic pathways waiting more than a year at the end of September 2026, down from 92 in August and 244 a year earlier. The trust runs Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester. NHS England publishes these figures for the trust as a whole.
Year-long waits fell as the list grew in September
The number of pathways waiting more than 52 weeks fell by 53.3% from August and 82.4% year on year. They accounted for 0.7% of the trust’s open trauma and orthopaedic pathways at the end of September, compared with 2.4% across England.
Hampshire Hospitals had 5,969 open pathways in September, up by 70 (1.2%) from August and down by 146 (2.4%) from September 2025. Across England, the total fell 1.6% over the month and 3.6% over the year.
How Hampshire Hospitals compared with England
At the end of September, 60.6% of open pathways at Hampshire Hospitals were within 18 weeks, compared with 61.4% across England. The trust’s share was 60.7% in August and 55.2% in September 2025.
| Trust or area | Month | Open pathways | 18 weeks or less | Over 52 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire Hospitals | September 2026 | 5,969 | 60.6% | 43 |
| Hampshire Hospitals | August 2026 | 5,899 | 60.7% | 92 |
| Hampshire Hospitals | September 2025 | 6,115 | 55.2% | 244 |
| England | September 2026 | 830,089 | 61.4% | 19,769 |
| England | August 2026 | 843,419 | 61.1% | 19,741 |
| England | September 2025 | 860,865 | 59.7% | 26,590 |
What these figures cover
Transform Medical used NHS England’s incomplete referral-to-treatment tables for the trauma and orthopaedic specialty (C_110). We used the provider row for Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (RN5) and the national row in the commissioner tables for England. The September 2025 figures come from the revised release.
The tables count pathways still open at the end of each month. One person can have more than one pathway. Hampshire’s figures cover the whole trust, and trauma and orthopaedics includes a range of conditions and treatments. The data cannot tell you how long you will wait for a specific operation such as a hip or knee replacement.
Sources — September 2026 provider table, September 2026 England table, August 2026 tables, revised September 2025 tables and Hampshire Hospitals sites.