ShortestWait

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust North West Area: Cheshire and Merseyside

At the end of August 2026, 31,910 patients were waiting for treatment at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 11.4 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
11.4 weeks
92% waiting less than
36.1 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
68%
Waiting over a year
205

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 1,069 12.1 wks 12.8 wks 33.8 wks 133rd of 238
Urology 1,292 10.2 wks 12.2 wks 32.1 wks 68th of 180
Orthopaedics 2,549 11.4 wks 13.9 wks 37.0 wks 127th of 299
Ear, nose and throat 3,011 13.1 wks 15.4 wks 28.7 wks 62nd of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 3,184 11.4 wks 10.4 wks 33.0 wks 234th of 301
Oral surgery 2,073 19.1 wks 16.4 wks 44.0 wks 84th of 112
Plastic surgery 904 7.7 wks 14.0 wks 37.2 wks 13th of 82
General medicine 67 3.6 wks 10.2 wks 12.6 wks 4th of 62
Gastroenterology 852 8.5 wks 11.0 wks 19.4 wks 63rd of 166
Cardiology (heart) 888 8.3 wks 11.9 wks 25.6 wks 25th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 2,581 9.9 wks 10.5 wks 28.4 wks 53rd of 111
Respiratory medicine 1,020 9.2 wks 10.4 wks 25.9 wks 53rd of 120
Rheumatology 441 10.0 wks 10.9 wks 21.3 wks 60th of 120
Elderly medicine 303 6.2 wks 7.6 wks 19.7 wks 39th of 96
Gynaecology 2,755 12.7 wks 14.2 wks 43.0 wks 75th of 176
Other medical specialties 3,047 10.7 wks 10.7 wks 34.3 wks 84th of 145
Other surgical specialties 5,612 12.6 wks 11.4 wks 40.6 wks 97th of 129
Other services 262 9.1 wks 8.7 wks 17.4 wks 67th 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

  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 18.1 weeks to 11.4 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.0510152025Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202611.4 wks
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MonthCountess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202611.412.2
July 202611.212
June 202611.611.9
May 202612.312.4
April 202611.511.9
March 202610.911.3
February 202614.313.2
January 202615.613.6
December 202516.113.5
November 202516.512.9
October 20251713.3
September 202517.213.4
August 202518.813.5
July 202517.613.1
June 202518.313.4
May 202518.713.6
April 202519.213.3
March 202518.513.9
February 202518.714.2
January 202518.514.5
December 202418.714.2
November 202418.114
October 202417.714.2
September 202418.114.4

Where it treats patients

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation 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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