Stomach and bowel at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital gastroenterology waiting times: most people treated waited 39 to 56 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 20 weeks and 9 in 10 under 40 weeks. 47% 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

Gastroenterology at Lancashire 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 202445.559.420.6
October 202444.557.518.4
November 202438.056.917.7
December 202437.355.518.0
January 202538.153.218.3
February 202541.554.519.1
March 202541.350.918.2
April 202538.859.919.6
May 202544.059.920.2
June 202538.155.919.7
July 202533.756.821.3
August 202545.354.922.9
September 202537.655.122.3
October 202535.359.022.1
November 202530.557.722.6
December 202545.259.122.9
January 202647.757.921.4
February 202648.159.420.6
March 202649.157.219.5
April 202628.556.621.2
May 202631.057.720.4
June 202644.561.920.3
July 202646.860.720.4
August 202639.055.519.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Renacres Hospital

Independent hospital, 16.6 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.

Free on the NHS

Community Health and Eyecare Limited

Independent provider, 0.8 miles away

7 to 17weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 323 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 19.9 miles away

8 to 29weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 29 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 18 weeks. 296 people treated in the month.

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

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