Compare Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals 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.

First provider Second provider Third provider (optional) Specialty

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty	Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust	Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	England
General surgery	–	20.4	12.8
Urology	–	12.4	12.2
Orthopaedics	6.2 (shortest)	13.4	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	–	18.7	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	–	6.8	10.4
Oral surgery	–	12.9	16.4
Neurosurgery	–	18.0*	13.4
Cardiothoracic surgery	–	19.0*	9.6
General medicine	–	9.8	10.2
Gastroenterology	–	15.6	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	–	10.6	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	–	12.7	10.5
Respiratory medicine	–	11.7	10.4
Rheumatology	7.9	7.8 (shortest)	10.9
Elderly medicine	–	11.2	7.6
Gynaecology	–	14.6	14.2
Other paediatric specialties	–	14.4	12.3
Other services	–	13.3	8.7
All specialties	6.3 (shortest)	13.6	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.