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Meniscus surgery waiting time at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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We do not show a meniscus surgery wait for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. The NHS publishes one waiting figure for all trauma and orthopaedics treatment at each trust, and at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust that figure is pulled down by much quicker trauma and orthopaedics procedures, so it would understate the wait for meniscus surgery treatment. 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.

More about Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

How long people have been waiting

1,849

382

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 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust the typical MRI wait is 3 weeks, with 11% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).

See the full MRI queue at Royal Berkshire Hospital and faster scan alternatives

NHS hospitals near Reading

Royal Berkshire Hospital (current)

0 mi

n/a

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Basingstoke and Deane

13 mi

33 weeks

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust · Surrey Heath

13 mi

40 weeks

Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Runnymede

19 mi

32 weeks

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire

21 mi

18 weeks

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford

21 mi

43 weeks

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon

22 mi

41 weeks

Weeks waited by patients treated in August 2026, whole specialty, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.

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How we know this

NHS RTT data, August 2026.

Trauma and orthopaedics as a whole, not meniscus surgery alone.

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