Brain and spine surgery at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital neurosurgery waiting times: most people treated waited 22 to 47 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 62% 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

Neurosurgery 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 202413.256.013.6
October 202412.151.913.4
November 202413.851.513.3
December 202410.851.013.7
January 202513.850.413.8
February 202515.850.613.5
March 202518.850.812.1
April 202514.947.912.8
May 202518.449.813.3
June 202517.451.015.1
July 202515.351.415.2
August 202512.350.116.2
September 202515.954.016.4
October 202518.052.715.7
November 202513.952.916.1
December 202520.151.615.9
January 202616.552.815.6
February 202627.852.115.3
March 202634.753.014.7
April 202634.849.914.2
May 202617.546.114.5
June 202613.945.913.3
July 202620.645.012.6
August 202621.847.313.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest wait

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 24.3 miles away

11 to 41weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 41 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 39 weeks. 603 people treated in the month.

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

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