General surgery at Beardwood Hospital

Beardwood Hospital general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 18 to 31 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 86% are within 18 weeks.

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Beardwood Hospital

Independent hospital

18 to 31weeks

Half seen within 18 weeks, 9 in 10 within 31 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 79 people treated in the month.

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Based on the waiting-now figures for August 2026. Not a prediction of your own wait: urgency decides who is seen first.

How the wait has changed

General surgery at Beardwood Hospital, 24 months to August 2026
02550September 2024August 2026

Shaded band: half to 9 in 10 of people treated that month. Line: the median wait of people still waiting. Weeks on the left.

The numbers behind the chart
MonthTreated, half withinTreated, 9 in 10 withinWaiting now, half within
September 20249.927.39.5
October 202416.032.18.1
November 202416.030.48.4
December 202413.131.79.9
January 202514.628.110.3
February 202515.330.98.6
March 202514.744.48.7
April 202513.335.68.4
May 202512.325.38.7
June 202512.429.97.5
July 202514.638.78.0
August 202512.428.27.9
September 202512.924.08.1
October 202513.731.97.4
November 202513.224.78.0
December 202511.823.59.1
January 202613.925.410.1
February 20265.535.110.1
March 20269.836.410.8
April 202617.827.912.0
May 202618.440.112.6
June 202615.031.010.9
July 202620.839.49.4
August 202617.831.38.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 24.5 miles away

4 to 44weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 44 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 664 people treated in the month.

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Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 14.3 miles away

7 to 45weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 45 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 931 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Buckshaw Hospital

Independent hospital, 8.1 miles away

9 to 25weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 25 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 28 weeks. 237 people treated in the month.

NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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