Care of older people at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 21 to 44 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 70% 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

Elderly medicine 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 202431.860.515.3
October 202423.856.715.4
November 202420.462.114.6
December 202434.562.615.1
January 202528.560.714.9
February 202526.152.413.9
March 202523.646.311.7
April 202523.139.612.8
May 202524.541.313.2
June 202521.638.312.9
July 202519.537.514.1
August 202520.735.013.2
September 202516.037.213.8
October 202523.337.616.1
November 202529.142.016.7
December 202527.236.217.4
January 202626.437.618.8
February 202628.335.715.0
March 202623.332.810.3
April 202624.536.911.6
May 202611.534.313.6
June 202618.332.613.5
July 202620.331.913.5
August 202621.144.111.2

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.7 miles away

1 to 14weeks

Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 14 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 3 weeks, 9 in 10 under 12 weeks. 153 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
5 to 35weeks

Half seen within 5 weeks, 9 in 10 within 35 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 14 weeks, 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 37 people treated in the month.

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

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