NHS waiting times · Somerset · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a sciatica at Burnham on Sea Hospital?

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

59weeks

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 sciatica on its own.

Before treatment: the scan wait too

2weekstypical MRI wait · June 2026

An MRI scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust the typical MRI wait is 2 weeks, with 14% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

See Burnham on Sea Hospital's full MRI queue and faster scan alternatives →

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Burnham on Sea Hospital

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

  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of31w · 23 mi · 28w faster
  • North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of41w · 25 mi · 18w faster
  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset38w · 28 mi · 21w faster
  • Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Exeter56w · 42 mi · 3w faster
  • Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset58w · 43 mi · 1w faster
  • Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire41w · 54 mi · 18w faster

Other hospitals run by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Bridgwater Hospital7 mi
  • Trinity Hospital16 mi
  • Musgrove Park Hospital17 mi
  • Yeovil District Hospital26 mi
  • Yeatman Hospital29 mi

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