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General surgery waiting times at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 5,476 people were on the General surgery at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (59%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · General surgery across England

People waiting
5,476
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
59.4%
England: 63.2%
Over 52 weeks
44
Median wait
15 wks
Published median for this list

44 people (0.8%, roughly 1 in 125) 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 3.3% of everyone waiting at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance improved

Published 18-week performance for General surgery at this organisation has improved over the past 12 months: 59.4% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 51.9% 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
59.4%
3 months earlier · May 2026
59.3% then · change to latest 0 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
58.1% then · change to latest +1.3 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
51.9% then · change to latest +7.4 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
41.5% then · change to latest +17.9 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202659.4%5,476
July 202659.3%5,268
June 202659.5%5,222
May 202659.3%5,274
April 202659.7%5,283
March 202660.4%5,307
February 202658.1%5,467
January 202657.3%5,658
December 202556.5%5,668
November 202554.9%5,683
October 202553.4%5,945
September 202553.4%5,860
August 202551.9%5,961
July 202551.6%5,940
June 202551.4%5,862
May 202547.6%6,033
April 202548%6,242
March 202549.3%6,431
February 202548%6,918
January 202546.9%7,211
December 202443.6%7,368
November 202443.6%7,078
October 202442.5%7,245
September 202443%6,973
August 202442.5%7,096
July 202442.3%7,040
June 202440.9%6,992
May 202440.8%6,789
April 202441.5%6,913
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 general surgery 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 General surgery
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust4.3 mi5,70149%-10.9 pp
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust6.7 mi1,29678%+18.6 pp
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust6.7 mi3,41065%+5.3 pp
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust10.4 mi4,11968%+9 pp
East Cheshire NHS Trust14.3 mi1,27064%+4.5 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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