Rotator cuff surgery · Bury · Trauma and orthopaedics

Rotator cuff surgery waiting time at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

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weeks

Actual referral-to-treatment wait in July 2026.

NHS RTT data, July 2026

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About rotator cuff problems

The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles and tendons that wrap around the shoulder joint. They hold the top of your arm bone in its socket and let you lift and turn your arm.

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More about Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

How long people have been waiting

7,722

6,283

0 to 18 wks

Over 18 wks

People on the trauma and orthopaedics waiting list now, split by whether they have passed the 18-week target, July 2026. Whole specialty.

Before treatment: the ultrasound queue

An ultrasound scan, sometimes an MRI, is often used before treatment, and it is a separate NHS queue. At Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 wks, with 4% waiting over six weeks (July 2026).

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NHS hospitals near Bury

Fairfield General Hospital (current)

0 mi

36 wks

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton

8 mi

18 wks

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester

10 mi

24 wks

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside

11 mi

21 wks

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen

13 mi

33 wks

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan

16 mi

17 wks

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport

16 mi

27 wks

Weeks waited by patients treated in July 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, July 2026.

Trauma and orthopaedics as a whole, not rotator cuff surgery alone.

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