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Orthopaedics waiting times at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 9,408 people were on the Orthopaedics at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 6 in 10 people (63%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Orthopaedics across England

People waiting
9,408
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
62.5%
England: 60.9%
Over 52 weeks
212
Median wait
14 wks
Published median for this list

212 people (2.3%, roughly 1 in 43) 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 20.3% of everyone waiting at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

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

18-week performance broadly stable

Published 18-week performance for Orthopaedics at this organisation has been broadly stable over the past 12 months (a change of under 3 percentage points): 62.5% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 60.3% 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
62.5%
3 months earlier · May 2026
59.1% then · change to latest +3.4 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
58% then · change to latest +4.5 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
60.3% then · change to latest +2.3 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
64.2% then · change to latest -1.7 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202662.5%9,408
July 202662.3%9,168
June 202662%8,977
May 202659.1%8,817
April 202658.1%8,667
March 202659%8,645
February 202658%8,589
January 202659.6%8,769
December 202561.4%8,818
November 202560.9%8,681
October 202561.2%8,641
September 202561.7%8,596
August 202560.3%8,505
July 202560.2%8,257
June 202561.4%8,654
May 202560.4%8,386
April 202558.3%8,520
March 202557.7%8,555
February 202558.1%8,712
January 202557.3%8,673
December 202458.5%8,656
November 202459.4%8,561
October 202461.6%8,741
September 202462%8,770
August 202462.8%8,787
July 202464.2%8,709
June 202466.1%8,364
May 202465.9%8,131
April 202464.2%8,230
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.
  • Trauma and Orthopaedics covers many conditions and operations. These figures are not specific to hip or knee replacement.
  • 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 orthopaedics 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 Orthopaedics
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust8.2 mi2,31955%-7.3 pp
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust11.2 mi2,77887%+24.6 pp
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust11.3 mi3,39452%-10.4 pp
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust11.4 mi7,92267%+4.9 pp
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust13.5 mi14,82354%-8.2 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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