Table III.

Time from decision (days) to operate to surgery categorized by fracture location.

Fracture location	England, median (IQR)	Scotland, median (IQR)	Wales, median (IQR)	Northern Ireland, median (IQR)	Overall, median (IQR)
Clavicle	4.50 (2.00 to 6.50)	3.00 (2.00 to 4.50)	8.00 (8.00 to 8.00)	6.00 (5.50 to 6.00)	5.25 (2.00 to 6.00)
Proximal humerus	5.00 (4.00 to 7.00)	5.00 (4.00 to 6.00)	3.75 (3.63 to 3.88)	6.00 (3.50 to 8.13)	5.00 (4.00 - 6.50)
Humeral diaphysis	5.00 (2.50 to 8.00)	4.25(1.13 to 12.25)	2.00 (1.25 to 2.75)	8.00 (5.25 to 12.25)	4.75 (2.50 - 9.50)
Distal humerus	2.00 (1.00 to 5.00)	2.00 (1.00 to 3.00)	4.75 (3.13 to 6.38)	3.00 (1.88 to 7.25)	2.00 (1.00 to 6.25)
Elbow fracture (radial head, capitellum etc)	2.75 (1.00 to 5.00)	2.50 (1.63 to 6.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)	3.50 (1.88 to 7.50)	2.25 (1.00 to 6.00)
Olecranon	3.00 (1.25 to 5.00)	3.50 (1.50 to 5.00)	5.50 (4.75 to 6.25)	2.00 (2.00 to 3.00)	3.00 (1.50 to 5.00)
Forearm	1.00 (1.00 to 1.50)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)	1.75 (1.28 to 2.13)	1.25 (1.00 to 2.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.50)
Distal radius	2.50 (1.00 to 4.00)	1.75 (1.00 to 2.00)	2.00 (1.50 to 2.50)	3.00 (1.75 to 4.25)	2.00 (1.00 to 4.00)
Pelvic ring	2.00 (1.00 to 3.00)	2.50 (1.75 to 4.50)	3.00 (3.00 to 3.00)	2.00 (2.00 to 2.00)	2.00 (1.00 to 3.00)
Acetabulum	2.25 (1.88 to 5.25)	2.75 (2.38 to 3.13)	7.50 (7.50 to 7.50)	2.00 (2.00 to 2.00)	2.25 (2.00 to 5.00)
Proximal femur > 60	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)	1.00 (0.50 to 1.50)	2.00 (2.00 to 3.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)
Proximal femur < 60	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)	1.00 (0.88 to 1.13)	0.50 (0.25 to 0.75)	2.50 (1.75 to 4.25)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.25)
Femur shaft > 60	1.00 (1.00 to 2.00)	2.00 (1.00 to 2.00)	3.00 (3.00 to 3.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 2.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 2.00)
Femur shaft < 60	1.00 (1.00 to 2.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.75)	1.50 (1.25 to 1.75)	7.00(3.50 to 16.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 2.00)
Distal femur > 60	1.50 (1.00 to 3.00)	1.75 (1.00 to 3.38)	1.00 (0.50 to 1.50)	3.00 (2.75 to 3.25)	2.00 (1.00 to 3.00)
Distal femur < 60	1.00 (1.00 to 3.00)	1.75 (1.00 to 3.00)	2.50 (2.25 to 2.75)	0.50 (0.50 to 1.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 3.00)
Periprosthetic fracture > 60	3.00 (2.00 to 4.00)	2.00 (1.25 to 2.00)	1.75 (1.63 to 1.88)	4.00 (3.50 to 4.00)	2.50 (2.00 to 4.00)
Patella	2.00 (1.00 to 3.50)	1.00 (1.00 to 2.00)	7.25 (7.13 to 7.38)	1.50 (1.00 to 2.50)	2.00 (1.00 to 1.88)
Tibial plateau	2.50 (1.00 to 4.00)	3.00 (1.25 to 3.75)	5.00 (3.50 to 6.50)	7.00 (6.00 to 9.75)	2.50 (1.00 to 3.50)
Tibial diaphysis	1.00 (1.00 to 1.50)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.38)	1.50 (1.25 to 1.75)	2.50 (1.00 to 6.50)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.50)
Tibial pilon	2.25 (1.50 to 4.00)	2.25 (1.75 to 3.50)	2.75 (2.00 to 3.25)	3.25 (3.00 to 3.50)	2.50 (1.38 to 4.00)
Ankle	2.00 (1.00 to 3.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 2.00)	5.00 (4.00 to 7.00)	2.25 (2.00 to 2.63)	2.00 (1.00 to 3.00)
Hindfoot and midfoot	4.00 (2.00 to 6.00)	3.00 (1.00 to 6.00)	2.50 (1.75 to 3.25)	6.50 (6.00 to 8.00)	4.00 (2.00 to 6.25)
Forefoot	1.25 (1.00 to 3.50)	2.50 (1.00 to 4.25)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)	5.25 (4.38 to 6.13)	1.50 (1.00 to 4.00)
Hand	3.00 (2.00 to 5.50)	2.00 (1.50 to 3.00)	3.00 (3.00 to 3.00)	4.00 (2.75 to 5.38)	3.00 (2.00 to 5.00)
Spine	1.00 (0.88 to 3.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)	0.00 (0.00 to 0.00)	2.00 (2.00 to 2.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 3.00)
Supracondylar distal humeral fracture (paediatric)	1.00 (1.00 to 2.00)	0.00 (0.00 to 0.25)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)	1.00 (0.50 to 1.25)	1.00 (0.001.00)
Open fractures	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)	1.00 (0.50 to 1.00)	1.00 (0.00 to 1.00)	0.50 (0.25 to 0.75)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)
General trauma	1.00 (1.00 to 2.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)	1.50 (1.50 to 2.00)	2.50 (1.50 to 3.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 2.00)
Overall	2.00 (1.00 to 2.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.75)	2.50(2.00 to 3.50)	2.50 (2.00 to 3.50)	2.00 (1.00 to 3.00)

Not all injuries are displayed in this table; those with less common injuries are in the Supplementary Material.

IQR, interquartile range.