Sciatica · Plymouth · Trauma and orthopaedics

Sciatica waiting time at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS 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 sciatica

Sciatica is pain caused by irritation or pressure on the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower back down through the buttock and into each leg.

More about University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Before treatment: the MRI queue

An MRI scan is one of the scans often used before treatment, and it is a separate NHS queue. At University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust the typical MRI wait is 3 weeks, with 27% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).

See the full MRI queue at Derriford Hospital and faster scan alternatives

NHS hospitals near Plymouth

Derriford Hospital (current)

0 mi

n/a

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Exeter

34 mi

40 weeks

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust · Cornwall

44 mi

32 weeks

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset

60 mi

37 weeks

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset

76 mi

50 weeks

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

96 mi

23 weeks

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of

98 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.

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How we know this

NHS RTT data, August 2026.

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