ShortestWait

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust North West Area: Lancashire and South Cumbria

At the end of August 2026, 41,106 patients were waiting for treatment at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 14.5 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
14.5 weeks
92% waiting less than
41.9 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
59%
Waiting over a year
1,110

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 1,288 18.1 wks 12.8 wks 42.1 wks 218th of 238
Urology 2,437 17.5 wks 12.2 wks 46.9 wks 174th of 180
Orthopaedics 3,021 15.5 wks 13.9 wks 42.6 wks 222nd of 299
Ear, nose and throat 3,369 11.6 wks 15.4 wks 32.8 wks 41st of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 3,391 11.2 wks 10.4 wks 36.4 wks 228th of 301
Oral surgery 2,098 21.0 wks 16.4 wks 42.2 wks 97th of 112
Plastic surgery 247 9.6 wks 14.0 wks 30.8 wks 29th of 82
Cardiothoracic surgery 876 18.6 wks 9.6 wks 50.5 wks 21st of 21
Gastroenterology 3,749 15.5 wks 11.0 wks 44.3 wks 156th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 5,186 16.5 wks 11.9 wks 46.5 wks 113th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 3,212 10.9 wks 10.5 wks 37.5 wks 64th of 111
Respiratory medicine 881 12.7 wks 10.4 wks 32.2 wks 100th of 120
Rheumatology 956 10.3 wks 10.9 wks 35.2 wks 67th of 120
Elderly medicine 84 6.0 wks 7.6 wks 12.9 wks 35th of 96
Gynaecology 3,014 21.7 wks 14.2 wks 58.3 wks 172nd of 176
Other medical specialties 3,378 15.0 wks 10.7 wks 34.9 wks 132nd of 145
Other paediatric specialties 1,659 13.3 wks 12.3 wks 33.9 wks 74th of 113
Other surgical specialties 2,260 8.4 wks 11.4 wks 31.2 wks 32nd of 129

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

Median wait across all specialties

  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 15.1 weeks to 14.5 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202614.5 wks12.2 wks
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MonthBlackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202614.512.2
July 202614.412
June 202614.411.9
May 202614.512.4
April 202613.311.9
March 202613.111.3
February 202615.113.2
January 202615.113.6
December 202515.413.5
November 202515.812.9
October 202515.913.3
September 202515.413.4
August 202515.513.5
July 202515.213.1
June 20251513.4
May 20251513.6
April 202514.713.3
March 202514.913.9
February 202514.614.2
January 202514.914.5
December 202415.314.2
November 202415.314
October 20241514.2
September 202415.114.4

Where it treats patients

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals 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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