NHS waiting times · Cheshire East · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a rotator cuff surgery at Leighton Hospital?

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust publishes an orthopaedic waiting time, but from too few completed pathways for us to treat it as reliable.

Before treatment: the scan wait too

2weekstypical ultrasound wait · June 2026

An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 2% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

See Leighton Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →

Nearby hospitals that publish a wait

Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Leighton Hospital.

  • University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent35w · 14 mi
  • East Cheshire NHS Trust · Cheshire East49w · 17 mi
  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester42w · 19 mi
  • North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington51w · 20 mi
  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport41w · 23 mi
  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley37w · 25 mi

Other hospitals run by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.

  • Victoria Infirmary10 mi

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