Stepping Hill waiting times
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust runs Stepping Hill Hospital. Here is how long people waited for treatment there, by specialty, in August 2026.
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. Stockport, North West, SK2 7JE. ODS code RWJ.
Sites this trust runs: Stepping Hill Hospital, Cavendish Hospital, Cheadle Royal Hospital, St Thomas Hospital. The figures below cover all of them.
Hospital waiting times near Stockport. A&E waiting times near Stockport.
A&E in September 2026
63% of 8,508 people at this trust's 24-hour A&E departments were seen, treated and admitted or sent home within 4 hours. 228 people waited over 12 hours for a bed after a decision to admit.
Covers every A&E this trust runs.
Waits by specialty
Each band runs from the point where half of patients had been treated to the point where 9 in 10 had.
| Specialty | Treated waits | Waiting now | Within 18 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology | 16 to 50 weeks | 14 to 38 weeks | 60% |
| Ear, nose and throat | 9 to 44 weeks | 14 to 35 weeks | 58% |
| Elderly medicine | 1 to 14 weeks | 3 to 12 weeks | 96% |
| Gastroenterology | 13 to 49 weeks | 12 to 36 weeks | 65% |
| General surgery | 8 to 42 weeks | 12 to 37 weeks | 65% |
| Gynaecology | 8 to 45 weeks | 12 to 39 weeks | 65% |
| Ophthalmology | 8 to 40 weeks | 15 to 38 weeks | 59% |
| Oral surgery | 4 to 10 weeks | 3 to 7 weeks | 100% |
| Other medical services | 10 to 46 weeks | 11 to 41 weeks | 63% |
| Other paediatric services | 9 to 16 weeks | 5 to 17 weeks | 94% |
| Other services | 23 to 38 weeks | 16 to 38 weeks | 53% |
| Other surgical services | 32 to 39 weeks | 16 to 34 weeks | 59% |
| Respiratory medicine | 6 to 25 weeks | 7 to 18 weeks | 92% |
| Rheumatology | 15 to 44 weeks | 13 to 36 weeks | 62% |
| Trauma and orthopaedics | 22 to 50 weeks | 15 to 39 weeks | 59% |
| Urology | 9 to 46 weeks | 11 to 38 weeks | 66% |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | Too few patients to show | ||
| General internal medicine | Too few patients to show | ||
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Questions people ask
How long is the waiting list at Stepping Hill?
At the end of August 2026, 34,931 people were on the waiting list across all specialties. Half had waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 62% were within the 18-week standard. Each specialty in the table below has its own figure.
Can I check where I am on the waiting list?
Not from this site: these are NHS England's monthly figures for whole specialties, not individual patients. The NHS App shows your own referral, and the hospital's patient advice and liaison service (PALS) can tell you your position and whether your referral is marked urgent. See how your wait compares.
How do I get seen sooner than the Stepping Hill wait time?
When your GP refers you, you can choose any hospital in England that holds an NHS contract, including independent hospitals the NHS pays for. If you have already waited over 18 weeks with no date in the next 8 weeks, you can ask to move. Compare every hospital near you first. Hospital waiting times near Stockport.