ShortestWait

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust North West Area: Cheshire and Merseyside

At the end of August 2026, 35,458 patients were waiting for treatment at North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 12.5 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
12.5 weeks
92% waiting less than
37.8 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
65%
Waiting over a year
321

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 718 10.5 wks 12.8 wks 32.8 wks 94th of 238
Urology 2,021 11.4 wks 12.2 wks 37.6 wks 98th of 180
Orthopaedics 3,394 17.3 wks 13.9 wks 45.5 wks 261st of 299
Ear, nose and throat 3,680 16.5 wks 15.4 wks 38.3 wks 114th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 2,686 9.1 wks 10.4 wks 23.5 wks 180th of 301
General medicine 62 5.5 wks 10.2 wks 15.7 wks 17th of 62
Gastroenterology 3,082 11.0 wks 11.0 wks 31.3 wks 112th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 1,827 9.3 wks 11.9 wks 25.5 wks 31st of 125
Respiratory medicine 1,005 10.7 wks 10.4 wks 29.8 wks 72nd of 120
Rheumatology 1,139 14.0 wks 10.9 wks 39.3 wks 101st of 120
Elderly medicine 286 14.0 wks 7.6 wks 36.4 wks 95th of 96
Gynaecology 3,867 13.4 wks 14.2 wks 37.2 wks 94th of 176
Other medical specialties 3,364 15.1 wks 10.7 wks 33.5 wks 133rd of 145
Other paediatric specialties 1,980 10.1 wks 12.3 wks 36.5 wks 34th of 113
Other surgical specialties 5,664 12.9 wks 11.4 wks 42.0 wks 103rd of 129
Other services 683 19.5 wks 8.7 wks 43.8 wks 110th 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

  • North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 14.8 weeks to 12.5 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612.5 wks
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MonthNorth Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202612.512.2
July 202612.412
June 202612.911.9
May 202613.112.4
April 202612.311.9
March 202611.711.3
February 202613.313.2
January 202613.913.6
December 202513.713.5
November 202513.912.9
October 202514.113.3
September 202514.213.4
August 202514.813.5
July 202514.813.1
June 202515.113.4
May 202515.313.6
April 202514.413.3
March 202514.613.9
February 202514.814.2
January 202514.714.5
December 202414.314.2
November 202414.214
October 202414.514.2
September 202414.814.4

Where it treats patients

North Cheshire and Mersey 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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