Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current average waiting time is for elective orthopaedic surgery in England.

Average waiting times for elective orthopaedic surgery are not separately published in the waiting list statistics. The waiting times for orthopaedic surgery are included in the Trauma and Orthopaedic Services category. As of the latest published waiting list statistics for February 2026, the median waiting time for Trauma and Orthopaedic Services, which includes orthopaedic surgery, was 14.9 weeks in England, with further information available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/rtt-data-2025-26/