ShortestWait

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust North West Area: Lancashire and South Cumbria

At the end of August 2026, 62,317 patients were waiting for treatment at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 14.2 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
14.2 weeks
92% waiting less than
39.4 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
60%
Waiting over a year
364

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 214 20.0 wks 12.8 wks 45.6 wks 229th of 238
Urology 2,097 12.4 wks 12.2 wks 36.3 wks 122nd of 180
Orthopaedics 4,613 16.2 wks 13.9 wks 40.6 wks 240th of 299
Ear, nose and throat 3,219 13.6 wks 15.4 wks 30.9 wks 69th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 3,649 9.2 wks 10.4 wks 29.0 wks 181st of 301
Oral surgery 4,705 17.1 wks 16.4 wks 41.0 wks 60th of 112
Neurosurgery 3,626 13.3 wks 13.4 wks 36.9 wks 19th of 37
Plastic surgery 4,376 15.6 wks 14.0 wks 42.5 wks 64th of 82
General medicine 77 19.2 wks 10.2 wks 43.9 wks 59th of 62
Gastroenterology 1,775 19.7 wks 11.0 wks 39.8 wks 164th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 3,333 11.9 wks 11.9 wks 31.7 wks 70th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 2,161 8.9 wks 10.5 wks 35.7 wks 39th of 111
Respiratory medicine 1,790 12.8 wks 10.4 wks 34.5 wks 102nd of 120
Neurology 8,305 17.5 wks 13.2 wks 41.2 wks 74th of 87
Elderly medicine 150 6.8 wks 7.6 wks 18.5 wks 48th of 96
Gynaecology 1,807 13.1 wks 14.2 wks 41.2 wks 88th of 176
Other medical specialties 6,211 14.6 wks 10.7 wks 40.3 wks 130th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 1,800 18.0 wks 12.3 wks 41.0 wks 104th of 113
Other surgical specialties 7,907 13.4 wks 11.4 wks 44.0 wks 109th of 129
Other services 502 4.8 wks 8.7 wks 16.3 wks 10th 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

  • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 15.1 weeks to 14.2 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202614.2 wks12.2 wks
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MonthLancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202614.212.2
July 202614.212
June 202614.911.9
May 202615.512.4
April 202614.711.9
March 202614.211.3
February 202615.613.2
January 202616.713.6
December 202516.713.5
November 202516.312.9
October 202516.313.3
September 202516.213.4
August 202516.613.5
July 202516.213.1
June 202516.113.4
May 202515.913.6
April 202515.413.3
March 202515.713.9
February 202515.614.2
January 202515.614.5
December 202415.314.2
November 202414.714
October 202414.814.2
September 202415.114.4

Where it treats patients

Lancashire 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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