General surgery at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Victoria general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 29 to 50 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 18 weeks and 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 50% are within 18 weeks.

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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 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
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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 202415.155.614.3
October 202412.656.213.8
November 202410.355.314.5
December 202410.055.015.5
January 202512.853.815.4
February 202514.543.514.8
March 202517.356.814.5
April 202512.354.614.2
May 202516.458.514.3
June 202511.860.116.2
July 202526.559.616.9
August 202518.250.218.1
September 202523.354.918.7
October 202524.554.919.1
November 202522.358.016.4
December 202524.054.216.5
January 202622.950.115.4
February 202624.453.515.8
March 202630.650.514.4
April 202627.549.114.0
May 202626.948.815.4
June 202622.949.616.3
July 202625.853.118.0
August 202628.849.918.1

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Buckshaw Hospital

Independent hospital, 16.8 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.

Free on the NHS

Euxton Hall Hospital

Independent hospital, 17.7 miles away

10 to 28weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 28 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 32 weeks. 139 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Fulwood Hall Hospital

Independent hospital, 13.8 miles away

12 to 28weeks

Half seen within 12 weeks, 9 in 10 within 28 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 97 people treated in the month.

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