NHS waiting times · Medway · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Medway NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Medway Maritime Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

44weeks

Updated June 2026 · (Referral to Treatment — the NHS wait-time framework)

This is how long 8 in 10 patients wait for the whole Trauma & Orthopaedics specialty at this trust, from GP referral to the start of treatment — the NHS does not publish a wait for rotator cuff surgery on its own.

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 Medway NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 1% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

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

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Medway Maritime Hospital

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

  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone37w · 8 mi · 7w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 28 mi · 3w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 31 mi · 13w faster
  • Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton41w · 31 mi · 3w faster
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 32 mi · 7w faster
  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead42w · 32 mi · 2w faster

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