Compare Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Put up to three hospitals or providers side by side, for one specialty or for all of them. Figures for patients waiting at the end of August 2026.

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustStockport NHS Foundation Trust England
General surgery 20.4 11.8 (shortest) 12.8
Urology 12.4 10.9 (shortest) 12.2
Orthopaedics 13.4 (shortest) 14.9 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 18.7 14.5 (shortest) 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) 6.8 (shortest) 14.8 10.4
Oral surgery 12.9 3.3 (shortest) 16.4
Neurosurgery 18.0* – 13.4
Cardiothoracic surgery 19.0* 3.0* 9.6
General medicine 9.8 18.8* 10.2
Gastroenterology 15.6 12.2 (shortest) 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 10.6 (shortest) 14.0 11.9
Dermatology (skin) 12.7 – 10.5
Respiratory medicine 11.7 7.1 (shortest) 10.4
Rheumatology 7.8 (shortest) 13.0 10.9
Elderly medicine 11.2 3.1 (shortest) 7.6
Gynaecology 14.6 12.0 (shortest) 14.2
Other medical specialties – 11.0 10.7
Other paediatric specialties 14.4 5.3 (shortest) 12.3
Other surgical specialties – 16.3 11.4
Other services 13.3 (shortest) 16.1 8.7
All specialties 13.6 12.9 (shortest) 12.2

Median wait in weeks. The shortest in each row is marked in bold; * means fewer than 50 patients waiting, so not compared. Choose a specialty to see a trend chart.