How long is the wait for a meniscus surgery at Midland Metropolitan University Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Midland Metropolitan University 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 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust the typical MRI wait is 5 weeks, with 44% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Midland Metropolitan University Hospital's full MRI queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Midland Metropolitan University Hospital.
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham38w · 3 mi · 11w faster
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham34w · 5 mi · 15w faster
- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley42w · 7 mi · 7w faster
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall46w · 7 mi · 3w faster
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · Wolverhampton43w · 10 mi · 6w faster
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth29w · 20 mi · 20w faster
Other hospitals run by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- City Hospital1 mi
- Sandwell General Hospital3 mi
- Rowley Regis Hospital3 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by meniscus surgery wait →
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