Meniscus surgery · Southampton · Trauma and orthopaedics
Meniscus surgery waiting time at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
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weeks
Actual referral-to-treatment wait in August 2026.
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.
Read more about meniscus surgery and what treatment involves →More about University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
How long people have been waiting
2,067
2,014
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 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust the typical MRI wait is 3 weeks, with 14% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).
See the full MRI queue at Princess Anne Hospital and faster scan alternativesNHS hospitals near Southampton
Princess Anne Hospital (current)
0 mi
30 weeks
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire
17 mi
21 weeks
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust · Portsmouth
17 mi
25 weeks
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
28 mi
23 weeks
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset
52 mi
12 weeks
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead
59 mi
27 weeks
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames
60 mi
24 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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