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Gynaecology waiting times at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

At the end of August 2026, 7,278 people were on the Gynaecology at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (60%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · NHS trust · Gynaecology across England

People waiting
7,278
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
60.3%
England: 59.6%
Over 52 weeks
143
Median wait
15 wks
Published median for this list

143 people (2.0%, roughly 1 in 50) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is broadly in line with the England picture 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 15.7% of everyone waiting at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for Gynaecology at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 60.3% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 53.7% 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
60.3%
3 months earlier · May 2026
57.9% then · change to latest +2.4 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
56.6% then · change to latest +3.6 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
53.7% then · change to latest +6.6 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
44.4% then · change to latest +15.8 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202660.3%7,278
July 202660%7,135
June 202659.7%6,967
May 202657.9%6,793
April 202657.6%6,742
March 202659.2%6,705
February 202656.6%6,827
January 202656.9%6,832
December 202557%6,842
November 202555.2%6,615
October 202555.9%6,612
September 202555.3%6,595
August 202553.7%6,575
July 202554.3%6,560
June 202554.4%6,510
May 202552%6,198
April 202550.3%6,247
March 202551.8%6,239
February 202551.1%6,486
January 202549.8%6,592
December 202449.8%6,732
November 202448.9%6,836
October 202446.9%6,967
September 202445.7%7,334
August 202444.6%7,614
July 202444.8%8,187
June 202445.7%8,181
May 202446%8,084
April 202444.4%7,958
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 gynaecology 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 Gynaecology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust10.7 mi1,80763%+2.8 pp
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust12.6 mi3,33452%-8.7 pp
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust14 mi2,79958%-1.9 pp
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust18.1 mi10,22948%-12.7 pp
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust21.2 mi19,03756%-4 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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