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Meniscus surgery waiting time at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust does not report its trauma and orthopaedics waiting times to NHS England. There is no published figure for this trust, so we do not show one. We check every month, and this page will fill in as soon as the trust starts reporting.

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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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 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical MRI wait is 3 weeks, with 21% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).

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NHS hospitals near Sheffield

Northern General Hospital (current)
0 mi
n/a
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust · Rotherham
5 mi
49 weeks
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Barnsley
10 mi
24 weeks
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Chesterfield
12 mi
42 weeks
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Doncaster
17 mi
59 weeks
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust · Wakefield
20 mi
19 weeks
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Ashfield
21 mi
21 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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