Mouth and jaw surgery at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Whiston and Ormskirk District General oral surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 14 to 50 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 44 weeks. 55% 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

Oral surgery 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 202412.834.89.1
October 202412.132.48.0
November 202412.131.37.4
December 20249.227.18.8
January 202512.930.59.1
February 202512.029.59.7
March 202514.127.210.1
April 202513.029.411.3
May 202516.629.811.7
June 202512.331.612.7
July 202514.334.813.8
August 202516.437.814.0
September 202513.640.912.7
October 202512.336.611.7
November 20259.937.912.1
December 202512.341.811.7
January 202612.341.713.4
February 202613.642.213.6
March 202612.443.212.9
April 20268.636.513.9
May 202612.745.315.1
June 202612.744.315.5
July 202613.447.715.4
August 202613.549.615.8

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
10 to 52weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 52 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 18 weeks, 9 in 10 under 45 weeks. 678 people treated in the month.

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

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