Joints and arthritis at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Whiston and Ormskirk District General rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 12 to 41 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 64% 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

Rheumatology 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 20249.333.29.2
October 20246.629.611.1
November 20248.056.011.4
December 20247.335.212.9
January 202510.744.113.7
February 20259.842.513.7
March 202512.849.412.9
April 20259.838.214.3
May 202511.347.316.2
June 202516.855.916.3
July 202513.351.215.6
August 202512.849.714.9
September 202511.653.513.9
October 202515.155.913.5
November 202519.652.214.0
December 202516.347.612.9
January 202614.354.213.5
February 202615.956.312.6
March 202614.055.411.1
April 202613.145.112.2
May 202617.158.513.5
June 202615.255.112.7
July 202615.247.612.2
August 202611.741.313.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
4 to 26weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 26 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 117 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Manchester Surgical Services Ltd

Independent provider, 17.2 miles away

6 to 18weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 18 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 30 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
7 to 23weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 23 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 339 people treated in the month.

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