How long is the wait for a sciatica at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, 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 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust the typical MRI wait is 2 weeks, with 16% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Royal Shrewsbury Hospital's full MRI queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · Wolverhampton43w · 30 mi · 5w faster
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent35w · 32 mi · 13w faster
- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley42w · 32 mi · 6w faster
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall46w · 34 mi · 2w faster
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester42w · 35 mi · 6w faster
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham34w · 40 mi · 14w faster
Other hospitals run by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Princess Royal Hospital12 mi
- Bridgnorth Hospital20 mi
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