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Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 11 to 25 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 79% 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

Rheumatology at Lancashire & South Cumbria 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 20247.618.98.3
October 20248.519.63.1
November 20246.121.85.4
December 20249.121.26.3
January 202510.423.37.3
February 20258.521.58.9
March 20257.819.74.7
April 202511.628.05.6
May 20255.020.68.4
June 20258.022.06.4
July 20253.618.57.2
August 20254.121.46.2
September 20256.423.07.1
October 20259.122.55.8
November 20258.421.34.4
December 20257.419.16.1
January 20265.421.17.1
February 202611.120.65.9
March 202610.021.26.2
April 20265.719.36.5
May 20265.919.47.5
June 20269.220.87.3
July 20267.320.97.1
August 202610.924.57.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Manchester Surgical Services Ltd

Independent provider, 21.4 miles away

6 to 18weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 18 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 30 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
7 to 23weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 339 people treated in the month.

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

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