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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust: NHS waiting times

At the end of August 2026, 36,391 people were on the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust all-services waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (69%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

NHS trust · North West · ODS code RTX

People waiting (all services)
36,391
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
68.5%
England: 65.2%
Over 52 weeks
584
Services reported
16
with people currently waiting

584 people (1.6%, roughly 1 in 63) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

Figures are for the whole organisation (trust level), not for an individual hospital site or clinic. The all-services total is the published organisation total, not a sum of the service rows.

Waiting times by service

Each row is one consultant-led service at this organisation, compared with the England figure for the same service in the same month.

Services at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
ServiceWaitingUnder 18 weeksEnglandOver 52 weeks6-month change
Orthopaedics6,40362%60.9%211+0.7 pp
Ear, nose and throat (ENT)3,61570%56.8%47+6.6 pp
Gynaecology2,75063%59.6%72-4 pp
Ophthalmology2,67179%72.2%25-1.1 pp
Gastroenterology2,54173%69.7%3-8.7 pp
Oral surgery2,39361%53.8%30-1.9 pp
General surgery2,37248%63.2%69+3.3 pp
Urology2,24665%64.8%52-4.4 pp
Dermatology1,25393%69.0%0+0.7 pp
Rheumatology89566%70.4%17-7.5 pp
Cardiology69592%67.9%2+27.3 pp
Respiratory medicine44591%74.1%1-1.5 pp
Elderly medicine21396%84.3%0-1.4 pp
General medicine9484%72.3%3+6.5 pp
Plastic surgery8695%59.4%0+1.4 pp
Cardiothoracic surgery1392%73.6%0-7.7 pp

How this has changed

Between July 2025 and August 2026 the share of people waiting at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust waiting under 18 weeks stayed broadly stable (67% to 69%).

Share waiting under 18 weeks: down 2.5 points over 3 months (71.0% in May 2026); broadly unchanged over 6 months (67.2% in February 2026); broadly unchanged over 12 months (67.4% in August 2025).

Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month

18-week performance broadly stable · +1.1 points

Percentage of people seen within 18 weeks, over the last 14 published months.

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Percentage seen within 18 weeks by month
MonthWithin 18 weeks
July 202567.4%
August 202567.4%
September 202568.6%
October 202569%
November 202569.2%
December 202568.3%
January 202667.4%
February 202667.2%
March 202671.5%
April 202671.5%
May 202671%
June 202670.7%
July 202668.6%
August 202668.5%

Changes of less than 3 percentage points in the share waiting under 18 weeks are treated as broadly stable. This describes the whole waiting list, not how long any one person waits.

Month-by-month figures
Monthly all-services figures for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
MonthWaitingUnder 18 weeksOver 52 weeks
July 202534,93767.4%485
August 202534,46867.4%465
September 202534,04968.6%494
October 202534,02669.0%567
November 202533,88769.2%530
December 202535,36868.3%473
January 202635,36967.4%523
February 202634,78667.2%570
March 202633,94171.5%545
April 202634,41071.5%561
May 202634,92071.0%589
June 202635,62670.7%666
July 202636,25968.6%688
August 202636,39168.5%584

Diagnostic tests

Tests are measured against a separate six-week standard. Figures for June 2026.

Waiting times across this area

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Contact details we hold for this organisation

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What these figures cannot tell you

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  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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