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Meniscus surgery  ·  Cheshire East ·  Trauma and orthopaedics

Meniscus surgery waiting time at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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We do not show a meniscus surgery wait for Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Too few meniscus surgery pathways completed here recently for the figure to be reliable, so showing it could mislead you. Below: how many people are waiting here, and nearby hospitals where we can give a reliable meniscus surgery wait.

NHS RTT data, August 2026

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About meniscus tear

The menisci are two C-shaped pads of cartilage inside the knee that act as shock absorbers. A tear can happen suddenly, often from twisting the knee, or develop gradually through wear with age.

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More about Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

How long people have been waiting

1,876
1,306
0 to 18 weeks
Over 18 weeks
People on the trauma and orthopaedics waiting list now, split by whether they have passed the 18-week target, August 2026. Whole specialty.

Before treatment: the MRI queue

An MRI scan is one of the scans often used before treatment, and it is a separate NHS queue. At Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical MRI wait is 3 weeks, with 8% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).

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NHS hospitals near Cheshire East

Leighton Hospital (current)
0 mi
n/a
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent
14 mi
19 weeks
East Cheshire NHS Trust · Cheshire East
17 mi
33 weeks
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester
19 mi
28 weeks
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington
20 mi
34 weeks
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport
23 mi
23 weeks
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley
25 mi
19 weeks
Weeks waited by patients treated in August 2026, whole specialty, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.

How we know this

NHS RTT data, August 2026.
Trauma and orthopaedics as a whole, not meniscus surgery alone.
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