Stomach and bowel at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary gastroenterology waiting times: most people treated waited 12 to 52 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 46 weeks. 54% 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

Gastroenterology 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 20247.057.316.1
October 20246.152.617.1
November 20247.356.016.9
December 20247.854.018.0
January 20257.951.817.3
February 202511.455.016.2
March 20257.553.416.7
April 20257.957.015.8
May 202510.558.215.6
June 202512.358.915.6
July 202510.557.717.0
August 202511.754.716.1
September 202511.555.816.5
October 202514.354.316.0
November 202515.356.115.8
December 202512.953.016.1
January 202616.451.216.1
February 202612.948.914.9
March 20268.950.413.6
April 20268.050.213.9
May 20267.949.114.9
June 20266.550.016.1
July 20268.652.616.1
August 202611.852.015.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitFree on the NHS

Endocare Diagnostics Ltd

Independent provider, 17.5 miles away

2 to 3weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 3 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 1 week, 9 in 10 under 4 weeks. 153 people treated in the month.

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