Plastic surgery at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Whiston and Ormskirk District General plastic surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 53 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 18 weeks and 9 in 10 under 46 weeks. 51% 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

Plastic 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 20248.168.123.0
October 20246.664.922.2
November 20248.264.122.8
December 20246.361.422.7
January 20259.761.221.5
February 202511.862.620.6
March 20259.960.319.0
April 20258.356.919.2
May 20259.255.518.7
June 20257.856.819.0
July 20256.359.118.4
August 20256.261.217.3
September 20256.957.715.6
October 20255.153.215.8
November 20255.053.916.5
December 20254.856.116.8
January 20265.953.717.6
February 20266.956.517.2
March 20265.855.216.0
April 20265.150.215.1
May 20265.849.515.4
June 20265.948.915.4
July 20266.052.917.2
August 20266.253.117.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
3 to 35weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 35 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 346 people treated in the month.

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 22.9 miles away

5 to 10weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 12 weeks. 134 people treated in the month.

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

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