How long is the wait for a sciatica at Leigh Infirmary?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Leigh Infirmary, and it is the wait that applies to you here.
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
An MRI scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical MRI wait is 2 weeks, with 2% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Leigh Infirmary's full MRI queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Leigh Infirmary
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Leigh Infirmary.
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley37w · 13 mi · 1w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 18 mi · 5w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 30 mi · 4w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 35 mi · 3w faster
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent35w · 37 mi · 3w faster
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham34w · 78 mi · 4w faster
Other hospitals run by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Royal Albert Edward Infirmary6 mi
- Wrightington Hospital10 mi
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