General medicine at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary general internal medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 18 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 10 weeks and 9 in 10 under 30 weeks. 81% 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

General internal 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 20247.413.69.3
October 20247.68.911.5
November 20248.710.010.0
December 202410.6
January 202513.150.010.9
February 202514.538.29.9
March 202514.633.09.6
April 202513.315.97.5
May 202513.414.87.5
June 202511.413.86.2
July 20257.3
August 202513.916.09.0
September 202512.714.58.9
October 202514.816.68.3
November 20259.3
December 20259.6
January 202610.3
February 202610.7
March 20269.8
April 202611.4
May 202613.4
June 202621.024.011.6
July 202618.622.88.9
August 202614.718.09.8

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Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 2 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 16 weeks. 31 people treated in the month.

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

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