How long is the wait for a sciatica at St Thomas' Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, which runs St Thomas' 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 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust the typical MRI wait is 3 weeks, with 27% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See St Thomas' Hospital's full MRI queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Thomas' Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to St Thomas' Hospital.
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 2 mi · 15w faster
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 5 mi · 9w faster
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 8 mi · 5w faster
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton41w · 9 mi · 5w faster
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow38w · 12 mi · 8w faster
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon46w · 15 mi
Other hospitals run by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Guy's Hospital1 mi
- Royal Brompton Hospital2 mi
- Gstt @ London Bridge Hospital2 mi
- Harefield Hospital17 mi
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