Bones, joints and muscles at East Cheshire NHS Trust

Macclesfield District General trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 14 to 47 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 61% are within 18 weeks.

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Has A&E
14 to 47weeks

Half seen within 14 weeks, 9 in 10 within 47 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 43 weeks. 237 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

Trauma and orthopaedics at East Cheshire NHS 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 20249.343.813.0
October 202415.244.511.5
November 202411.944.410.7
December 202411.642.611.5
January 202511.244.312.1
February 202514.439.712.5
March 202513.045.913.7
April 202516.144.513.6
May 202517.745.613.6
June 202518.540.015.3
July 202515.344.712.6
August 20259.644.513.2
September 20258.946.015.6
October 202517.351.114.6
November 202519.852.017.3
December 202516.753.619.7
January 202622.745.718.2
February 202619.344.816.3
March 202618.853.716.4
April 202617.450.515.6
May 202621.653.715.4
June 202618.750.014.8
July 202612.651.913.5
August 202613.546.513.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Manchester Surgical Services Ltd

Independent provider, 16.3 miles away

9 to 24weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 23 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
9 to 50weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 50 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 2,427 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
11 to 52weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 52 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 16 weeks, 9 in 10 under 47 weeks. 1,759 people treated in the month.

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

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