Children's services at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital other paediatric services waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 50 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 18 weeks and 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 50% 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

Other paediatric services 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 202420.364.017.4
October 202415.664.217.0
November 202412.661.716.8
December 202417.162.617.7
January 202518.664.617.6
February 202516.563.517.9
March 202518.560.818.9
April 202516.360.120.3
May 202515.558.320.8
June 202515.259.020.3
July 202523.860.220.2
August 202513.263.620.9
September 202510.947.614.8
October 20259.745.016.7
November 20257.448.117.1
December 20256.846.917.7
January 202611.448.818.0
February 20267.348.716.1
March 20269.149.015.6
April 202611.249.515.4
May 202612.350.016.8
June 202613.449.517.2
July 202612.849.717.9
August 202614.550.118.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust, 10.7 miles away

12 to 31weeks

Half seen within 12 weeks, 9 in 10 within 31 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 345 people treated in the month.

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

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