Sciatica · Stevenage · Trauma and orthopaedics
Sciatica waiting time at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
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weeks
Actual referral-to-treatment wait in August 2026.
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.
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How long people have been waiting
2,343
2,569
0 to 18 weeks
Over 18 weeks
People on the trauma and orthopaedics waiting list now, split by whether they have passed the 18-week target, August 2026. Whole specialty.
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 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust the typical MRI wait is 4 weeks, with 27% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).
See the full MRI queue at Lister Hospital and faster scan alternativesNHS hospitals near Stevenage
Lister Hospital (current)
0 mi
43 weeks
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Luton
11 mi
33 weeks
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow
17 mi
30 weeks
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow
21 mi
17 weeks
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford
21 mi
39 weeks
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes
23 mi
20 weeks
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge
23 mi
26 weeks
Weeks waited by patients treated in August 2026, whole specialty, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS RTT data, August 2026.
Trauma and orthopaedics as a whole, not sciatica alone.
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