Rotator cuff surgery · Sunderland · Trauma and orthopaedics
Rotator cuff surgery waiting time at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
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weeks
Actual referral-to-treatment wait in August 2026.
NHS RTT data, August 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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How long people have been waiting
4,865
3,912
0 to 18 weeks
Over 18 weeks
People on the trauma and orthopaedics waiting list now, split by whether they have passed the 18-week target, August 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 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 3 weeks, with 25% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).
See the full ultrasound queue at Sunderland Royal Hospital and faster scan alternativesNHS hospitals near Sunderland
Sunderland Royal Hospital (current)
0 mi
25 weeks
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside
9 mi
17 weeks
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Newcastle upon Tyne
10 mi
23 weeks
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool
16 mi
18 weeks
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough
25 mi
15 weeks
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford
73 mi
22 weeks
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford
77 mi
23 weeks
Weeks waited by patients treated in August 2026, whole specialty, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS RTT data, August 2026.
Trauma and orthopaedics as a whole, not rotator cuff surgery alone.
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