NHS waiting times · Cheshire East · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a sciatica at Leighton Hospital?

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust publishes an orthopaedic waiting time, but from too few completed pathways for us to treat it as reliable.

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 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical MRI wait is 2 weeks, with 2% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

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

Nearby hospitals that publish a wait

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

  • University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent35w · 14 mi
  • East Cheshire NHS Trust · Cheshire East49w · 17 mi
  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester42w · 19 mi
  • North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington51w · 20 mi
  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport41w · 23 mi
  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley37w · 25 mi

Other hospitals run by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Victoria Infirmary10 mi

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