NHS waiting times · Tower Hamlets · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

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

55weeks

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 Barts Health NHS Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 12% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

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

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Newham General Hospital

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

  • Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney52w · 4 mi · 3w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 7 mi · 24w faster
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth46w · 7 mi · 9w faster
  • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering49w · 7 mi · 6w faster
  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth49w · 7 mi · 6w faster
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 8 mi · 18w faster

Other hospitals run by Barts Health NHS Trust

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

  • Mile End Hospital3 mi
  • The Royal London Hospital4 mi
  • Whipps Cross University Hospital4 mi
  • Wanstead Hospital4 mi
  • St Bartholomew's Hospital6 mi

See every NHS trust ranked by rotator cuff surgery wait →

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