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Rotator cuff surgery  ·  Sheffield ·  Trauma and orthopaedics

Rotator cuff surgery waiting time at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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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.

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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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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NHS hospitals near Sheffield

Weston Park Hospital (current)
0 mi
n/a
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust · Rotherham
7 mi
49 weeks
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Chesterfield
11 mi
42 weeks
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Barnsley
12 mi
24 weeks
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Doncaster
19 mi
59 weeks
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Ashfield
20 mi
21 weeks
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust · Wakefield
22 mi
19 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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