Heart at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary cardiology waiting times: most people treated waited 5 to 41 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 68% 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

Cardiology at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching 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 20245.537.612.3
October 20244.940.312.6
November 20243.728.113.5
December 20244.725.013.6
January 20254.532.314.5
February 20255.332.713.2
March 20254.729.410.5
April 20254.234.710.2
May 20253.730.410.6
June 20255.236.68.5
July 20255.730.08.7
August 20256.534.68.5
September 20256.732.19.2
October 20257.730.911.0
November 20255.330.67.9
December 20255.731.912.2
January 20265.531.710.7
February 20266.732.210.9
March 20267.336.38.0
April 20265.636.111.4
May 20265.332.312.7
June 20265.439.713.1
July 20264.738.912.6
August 20265.440.610.6

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