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Gastroenterology waiting times at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 6,886 people were on the Gastroenterology at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (68%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Gastroenterology across England

People waiting
6,886
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
67.9%
England: 69.7%
Over 52 weeks
45
Median wait
13 wks
Published median for this list

45 people (0.7%, roughly 1 in 143) 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 10.4% of everyone waiting at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for Gastroenterology at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 67.9% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 54.1% 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
67.9%
3 months earlier · May 2026
61.2% then · change to latest +6.7 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
61.1% then · change to latest +6.8 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
54.1% then · change to latest +13.8 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
58.7% then · change to latest +9.2 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202667.9%6,886
July 202664.5%7,380
June 202662.8%7,088
May 202661.2%6,618
April 202661.6%6,273
March 202665.8%6,400
February 202661.1%6,624
January 202659.5%6,747
December 202559.4%6,603
November 202561.1%6,677
October 202558.9%6,953
September 202555.4%7,202
August 202554.1%7,248
July 202555.2%7,279
June 202555.6%7,394
May 202554.2%7,288
April 202555.3%7,513
March 202553.8%7,451
February 202555.2%7,012
January 202556.6%7,068
December 202457.4%7,199
November 202461%7,131
October 202461.2%7,022
September 202460.4%6,873
August 202459.7%7,108
July 202458.6%6,560
June 202455.2%6,724
May 202457.3%6,632
April 202458.7%6,525
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
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust6.1 mi3,09064%-4.4 pp
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust7.4 mi7,86279%+11.5 pp
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust14.1 mi85291%+22.7 pp
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust14.6 mi3,08278%+9.7 pp
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust17.2 mi4,52854%-14 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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