Rotator cuff surgery waiting time at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust does not report its trauma and orthopaedics waiting times to NHS England. There is no published figure for this trust, so we do not show one. We check every month, and this page will fill in as soon as the trust starts reporting.
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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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Before treatment: the ultrasound queue
An ultrasound scan, sometimes an MRI, is often used before treatment, and it is a separate NHS queue. At Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 10 weeks, with 66% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).
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