General surgery at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Royal Blackburn general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 17 to 52 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 64% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 17 weeks, 9 in 10 within 52 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 414 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 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 202417.064.618.2
October 202421.663.916.8
November 202423.762.516.6
December 202420.862.216.0
January 202528.162.216.9
February 202524.257.616.1
March 202522.152.715.3
April 202518.058.415.7
May 202521.957.415.8
June 202519.854.815.1
July 202519.153.215.3
August 202516.856.914.9
September 202517.953.014.6
October 202516.755.214.4
November 202516.954.014.2
December 202515.553.014.0
January 202616.753.114.1
February 202616.751.413.7
March 202617.150.210.9
April 202613.750.511.7
May 202611.950.413.5
June 202613.652.513.6
July 202613.252.413.2
August 202616.651.612.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Has A&E

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.3 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, 12.6 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.

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

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