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Gastroenterology waiting times at East Cheshire NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 1,499 people were on the Gastroenterology at East Cheshire NHS Trust waiting list and about 5 in 10 people (52%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

East Cheshire NHS Trust · NHS trust · Gastroenterology across England

People waiting
1,499
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
52.3%
England: 69.7%
Over 52 weeks
53
Median wait
17 wks
Published median for this list

53 people (3.5%, roughly 1 in 29) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 17.4 percentage points behind the England figure for this service.

Why this page exists

This page combines facts that neither the organisation page nor the England specialty page shows on its own: the current published figure for this one service at this one organisation; how that figure has moved over the months we hold; the England figure for the same service in the same month; other NHS trusts within 25 miles reporting the same service; the published median wait and 52-week count for this list; the other services this organisation reports. This service accounts for 9.5% of everyone waiting at East Cheshire NHS Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

Gastroenterology, NHS England Referral to Treatment figures, April 2024 to August 2026.

18-week performance broadly stable

Published 18-week performance for Gastroenterology at this organisation has been broadly stable over the past 12 months (a change of under 3 percentage points): 52.3% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 54.9% at the end of August 2025.

Share of people on the waiting list who had been waiting under 18 weeks, at the end of each month. Scale runs from 0% to 100%.
Latest · August 2026
52.3%
3 months earlier · May 2026
48.7% then · change to latest +3.6 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
46.7% then · change to latest +5.6 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
54.9% then · change to latest -2.6 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
47.6% then · change to latest +4.7 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202652.3%1,499
July 202653.5%1,876
June 202650.2%1,906
May 202648.7%1,937
April 202648.6%1,845
March 202649.4%1,768
February 202646.7%2,100
January 202641.8%2,365
December 202538.8%2,180
November 202546.7%2,315
October 202555%2,260
September 202555.2%2,162
August 202554.9%2,023
July 202555.1%1,912
June 202547%1,478
May 202551.9%1,416
April 202552.8%1,467
March 202553.9%1,535
February 202553.8%1,430
January 202555.2%1,462
December 202453.2%1,476
November 202455%1,423
October 202452.4%1,313
September 202454.8%1,344
August 202451.8%1,288
July 202450.2%1,234
June 202448.3%1,345
May 202446.6%1,383
April 202447.6%1,373
How we calculate change
  • Each month's figure is the number of people waiting under 18 weeks divided by everyone on the waiting list, from NHS England's published monthly files.
  • Changes compare the latest month with exactly 3, 6 and 12 months earlier, only where both months are published and the list has at least 50 people.
  • The 12-month label is "improved" or "deteriorated" only if the share moved by 3 percentage points or more; smaller moves are called "broadly stable".
  • Where NHS England reissued a month's file, we use the revised file. Months we do not have are left as gaps and never estimated.
  • Earlier months come from our archive of NHS England's published files and are checked against our current figures wherever both exist.

What these figures cannot tell you

  • These are whole-list figures for one specialty at one organisation. They describe the published waiting list, not how long any one person will wait.
  • This specialty covers many conditions and treatments. These figures are not specific to any one operation or condition.
  • Figures are published for the whole organisation, which may run several hospital sites. They do not show the position at any single site.
  • Patients are prioritised by clinical need, so people on the same list can wait very different times.
  • A higher share within 18 weeks is not a measure of the quality of care.

Other NHS trusts offering gastroenterology within 25 miles

Published figures only. These are whole-list figures for each organisation in one month; a different organisation's published position does not mean an individual referral would move faster there.

Alternative trusts for Gastroenterology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust8.4 mi3,14065%+13 pp
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust14.3 mi7,83975%+22.4 pp
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust16.1 mi1,03291%+38.7 pp
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust17.1 mi1,65644%-8.2 pp
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust17.3 mi14,11357%+4.3 pp

What these figures cannot tell you

  • Where you are in a queue, or when you will be seen or treated.
  • How urgent your own referral is. These are aggregate waiting-list figures and do not show the clinical priority of an individual patient.
  • Anything about a specific consultant, clinic or site within a trust.
  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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