ShortestWait

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust North West Area: Cheshire and Merseyside

At the end of August 2026, 84,572 patients were waiting for treatment at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Half had waited less than 12.1 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
12.1 weeks
92% waiting less than
40.0 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
65%
Waiting over a year
1,809

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 6,314 14.1 wks 12.8 wks 42.4 wks 180th of 238
Urology 5,490 12.0 wks 12.2 wks 36.1 wks 111th of 180
Orthopaedics 7,922 9.7 wks 13.9 wks 39.7 wks 79th of 299
Ear, nose and throat 7,932 14.3 wks 15.4 wks 41.2 wks 78th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 3,871 11.7 wks 10.4 wks 31.3 wks 240th of 301
Oral surgery 2,511 15.8 wks 16.4 wks 43.6 wks 54th of 112
Neurosurgery 39 28.5 wks 13.4 wks 45.9 wks under 50 waiting
Plastic surgery 8,821 17.8 wks 14.0 wks 46.3 wks 73rd of 82
General medicine 321 5.7 wks 10.2 wks 22.7 wks 20th of 62
Gastroenterology 7,862 9.2 wks 11.0 wks 28.9 wks 81st of 166
Cardiology (heart) 2,731 12.1 wks 11.9 wks 26.8 wks 75th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 8,208 15.2 wks 10.5 wks 48.2 wks 102nd of 111
Respiratory medicine 1,155 9.5 wks 10.4 wks 24.1 wks 61st of 120
Rheumatology 1,566 13.0 wks 10.9 wks 37.7 wks 95th of 120
Elderly medicine 414 9.1 wks 7.6 wks 22.9 wks 75th of 96
Gynaecology 6,269 11.3 wks 14.2 wks 38.7 wks 53rd of 176
Other medical specialties 6,908 10.6 wks 10.7 wks 36.4 wks 81st of 145
Other paediatric specialties 2,828 7.9 wks 12.3 wks 25.5 wks 11th of 113
Other surgical specialties 3,254 14.1 wks 11.4 wks 48.0 wks 116th of 129
Other services 156 8.0 wks 8.7 wks 23.5 wks 56th of 119

Rank 1st means the shortest median wait among providers with at least 50 patients waiting in that specialty.

Median wait across all specialties

  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • England
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 14.5 weeks to 12.1 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612.1 wks
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MonthMersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustEngland
August 202612.112.2
July 202611.912
June 202611.911.9
May 202612.312.4
April 202611.511.9
March 202610.911.3
February 202612.713.2
January 202613.513.6
December 202512.813.5
November 202512.512.9
October 202512.213.3
September 202512.113.4
August 202512.113.5
July 202511.913.1
June 202512.213.4
May 202512.213.6
April 202511.613.3
March 20251113.9
February 202512.714.2
January 202513.514.5
December 202413.714.2
November 202413.514
October 20241414.2
September 202414.514.4

Where it treats patients

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reports one set of figures for all its hospitals, so the waits above cover every site below.

Sites come from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Some clinics a trust runs inside other organisations' hospitals are not listed.

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