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Leighton trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 26 to 53 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 15 weeks and 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 59% are within 18 weeks.

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Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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26 to 53weeks

Half seen within 26 weeks, 9 in 10 within 53 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 383 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

Trauma and orthopaedics at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
04590September 2024August 2026

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 202436.568.822.0
October 202422.063.923.3
November 202433.166.723.8
December 202435.067.325.2
January 202539.373.024.2
February 202535.169.923.7
March 202541.270.723.2
April 202531.271.724.2
May 202537.772.724.3
June 20259.669.523.7
July 202538.573.623.4
August 202533.374.023.7
September 202541.779.823.4
October 202544.776.522.3
November 202546.571.421.9
December 202537.371.222.9
January 202637.963.822.2
February 202634.160.020.8
March 202634.657.817.4
April 202633.257.915.7
May 202628.452.315.6
June 202631.253.414.7
July 202626.453.013.9
August 202625.953.114.7

Faster options within 25 miles

Free on the NHS

Manchester Surgical Services Ltd

Independent provider, 23.6 miles away

9 to 24weeks

Half seen within 9 weeks, 9 in 10 within 24 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 23 people treated in the month.

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Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 18.6 miles away

11 to 43weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 43 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 298 people treated in the month.

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

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