General surgery at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Leighton general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 36 to 60 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 59% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 36 weeks, 9 in 10 within 60 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 184 people treated in the month.

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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

General surgery at Mid Cheshire 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 202421.161.77.2
October 20247.759.49.8
November 202415.361.611.0
December 202412.961.714.4
January 202518.159.717.9
February 202520.362.219.5
March 202526.563.518.4
April 202539.865.117.8
May 202518.863.815.8
June 20258.764.916.2
July 202528.567.318.4
August 202523.068.019.9
September 202526.069.621.6
October 202533.871.323.8
November 202542.567.924.6
December 202544.966.325.8
January 202643.566.425.8
February 202647.364.125.0
March 202645.862.422.4
April 202645.660.322.0
May 202638.959.220.7
June 202637.859.517.4
July 202637.357.414.9
August 202636.059.614.5

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
6 to 42weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 42 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 44 weeks. 2,076 people treated in the month.

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Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.2 miles away

8 to 42weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 42 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 647 people treated in the month.

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East Cheshire NHS Trust

NHS trust, 17.1 miles away

9 to 46weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 46 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 286 people treated in the month.

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

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