How long is the wait for a meniscus surgery at Countess of Chester Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Countess of Chester Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.
Updated June 2026 · (Referral to Treatment — the NHS wait-time framework)
This is how long 8 in 10 patients wait for the whole Trauma & Orthopaedics specialty at this trust, from GP referral to the start of treatment — the NHS does not publish a wait for meniscus surgery on its own.
Before treatment: the scan wait too
An MRI scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust the typical MRI wait is 2 weeks, with 8% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Countess of Chester Hospital's full MRI queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Countess of Chester Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Countess of Chester Hospital.
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley37w · 15 mi · 5w faster
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan38w · 27 mi · 4w faster
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent35w · 32 mi · 7w faster
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport41w · 34 mi · 1w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 39 mi · 9w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 54 mi · 8w faster
See every NHS trust ranked by meniscus surgery wait →
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