NHS waiting times · Oxford · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a sciatica at Horton General Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Horton General Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

55weeks

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

3weekstypical MRI wait · June 2026

An MRI scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical MRI wait is 3 weeks, with 17% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

See Horton General Hospital's full MRI queue and faster scan alternatives →

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Horton General Hospital

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

  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick24w · 19 mi · 31w faster
  • Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust · West Northamptonshire41w · 23 mi · 14w faster
  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes38w · 26 mi · 17w faster
  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry52w · 26 mi · 3w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth29w · 32 mi · 26w faster
  • Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cheltenham49w · 33 mi · 6w faster

Other hospitals run by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • The Foscote Hospital0 mi
  • The Cherwell Hospital0 mi
  • John Radcliffe Hospital21 mi
  • Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre21 mi
  • Churchill Hospital22 mi

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