Care of older people at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Whiston and Ormskirk District General elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 22 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 23 weeks. 84% 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

Elderly medicine at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching 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 20249.023.99.8
October 20249.921.98.8
November 20249.922.26.9
December 20248.323.47.6
January 20258.520.67.0
February 20259.724.77.0
March 20257.823.96.0
April 20256.030.67.8
May 20256.524.67.3
June 20256.919.07.0
July 20255.321.85.8
August 20254.417.66.9
September 20257.519.88.6
October 20254.419.16.9
November 20256.022.97.3
December 20256.322.47.1
January 20266.824.47.3
February 20266.318.16.7
March 20266.323.46.0
April 20267.331.07.0
May 20265.020.28.7
June 20265.922.78.5
July 20267.918.49.4
August 20266.322.49.1

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5 to 35weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 35 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 37 people treated in the month.

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