6week median wait · June 2026
Half of the 232 people on the other: other services list here have been waiting longer than 6 weeks, half less. That is 9 weeks shorter than a year ago. It is about 4 weeks shorter than the England average for this specialty. 1 of them has been waiting more than a year.
85%
seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)
29
weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue
27 / 122
shortest wait in England for this specialty
Which way it’s moving
9 weeks shorter than a year ago.
4 weeks of those came off in the last six months alone.
Median wait each month, 18 months to June 2026.
How the queue is spread
Comparable providers nearby
Nothing within 75 miles is treating other: other services more than two weeks sooner than here, so on these figures you are already near the front of the queue. The closest comparable providers are below so you can see that for yourself.
| Provider | Miles | Median | Against here |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury | 20 miles | 8 wks | 3 wks longer |
| Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester | 29 miles | 12 wks | 6 wks longer |
| Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe | 35 miles | 4 wks | 2 wks sooner |
| The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust Wirral | 39 miles | 6 wks | about the same |
| Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral | 42 miles | 7 wks | 1 wk longer |
Other waits here
The same right to choose applies to every one of these. The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.
| Specialty | Waiting | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Trauma and Orthopaedic | 8,823 | 17 wks |
| General Internal Medicine | 2,792 | 8 wks |
| Rheumatology | 622 | 7 wks |
| Other: Medical Services | 547 | 8 wks |
| Other: Paediatric Services | 329 | 11 wks |
| Neurology | 50 | 18 wks |
Straight answers
About this figure
- It’s about six weeks behind. NHS England publishes monthly, with a lag. This page shows June 2026.
- It’s a trust-level average, not your wait. Your own wait depends on urgency, clinical need and which site you are treated at. Large trusts run several hospitals.
- It counts people still waiting (incomplete pathways at month end), not people already treated.
This page presents official statistics and points to a right you already have. It isn’t medical advice, and it can’t tell you whether switching is right for you. Your clinician can.