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Thomas Linacre Centre

NHS hospital Run by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan

Address
Parsons Walk, Wigan, WN1 1RU
Phone
01942 244000 (Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust switchboard)
Directions
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Address from the Care Quality Commission; phone number from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Visiting times and parking differ between wards, so check with the hospital before you travel.

Waiting times

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Thomas Linacre Centre. At the end of August 2026, half of its 46,323 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 13.6 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

SpecialtyMedian waitEngland medianWaiting
General surgery 20.4 wks 12.8 wks 2,129
Urology 12.4 wks 12.2 wks 1,988
Orthopaedics 13.4 wks 13.9 wks 9,408
Ear, nose and throat 18.7 wks 15.4 wks 4,781
Ophthalmology (eyes) 6.8 wks 10.4 wks 1,595
Oral surgery 12.9 wks 16.4 wks 1,492
Neurosurgery 18.0 wks 13.4 wks 10
Cardiothoracic surgery 19.0 wks 9.6 wks 24
General medicine 9.8 wks 10.2 wks 140
Gastroenterology 15.6 wks 11.0 wks 4,528
Cardiology (heart) 10.6 wks 11.9 wks 3,230
Dermatology (skin) 12.7 wks 10.5 wks 3,095
Respiratory medicine 11.7 wks 10.4 wks 2,023
Rheumatology 7.8 wks 10.9 wks 836
Elderly medicine 11.2 wks 7.6 wks 278
Gynaecology 14.6 wks 14.2 wks 2,799
Other paediatric specialties 14.4 wks 12.3 wks 2,787
Other services 13.3 wks 8.7 wks 5,180

More about waiting times at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Care Quality Commission rating

Thomas Linacre Centre: Good. Published 13 May 2026. Read the CQC report

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust overall: Good. Published 26 February 2020.

Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.

A&E

In September 2026, 69.0% of the 13,114 people who went to A&E at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's departments were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. NHS England publishes this for the trust as a whole. A&E figures over the past year

In an emergency call 999. For urgent help that is not an emergency, use NHS 111.

Other NHS hospitals nearby

You can usually choose where to have planned NHS treatment. Hospitals run by other trusts, with each trust's median wait across all specialties:

HospitalDistanceTrust median wait
Chorley and South Ribble HospitalLancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 7.9 miles 14.2 wks
St Helens HospitalMersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 8.4 miles 12.1 wks
Bolton OneBolton NHS Foundation Trust 8.4 miles 13.3 wks

Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.

Other hospitals run by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust