Stomach and bowel at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Royal Blackburn gastroenterology waiting times: most people treated waited 9 to 23 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 6 weeks and 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 92% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 422 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

Gastroenterology at East Lancashire Hospitals 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 202425.365.620.4
October 202459.765.719.6
November 202445.064.519.4
December 202423.565.820.3
January 202553.366.721.0
February 202563.868.521.6
March 202516.868.122.5
April 202564.368.823.4
May 202538.368.524.4
June 202523.468.322.9
July 202529.067.821.8
August 202516.467.522.4
September 202518.967.821.3
October 202517.568.420.6
November 202550.567.219.1
December 202548.860.717.8
January 202611.854.715.9
February 202628.051.215.8
March 202631.244.88.3
April 202617.136.17.8
May 20269.328.87.4
June 202611.325.17.0
July 202611.025.76.1
August 20269.322.95.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Endocare Diagnostics Ltd

Independent provider, 21.7 miles away

2 to 3weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 3 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 1 week, 9 in 10 under 4 weeks. 153 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Renacres Hospital

Independent hospital, 22.1 miles away

5 to 28weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 28 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 42 weeks. 24 people treated in the month.

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