Mouth and jaw surgery at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary oral surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 19 to 36 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 64% 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

Oral surgery 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 202423.046.716.1
October 202418.550.314.6
November 202412.545.915.1
December 20249.754.514.4
January 202516.256.712.0
February 202513.454.212.2
March 202513.147.810.7
April 202513.760.311.2
May 202515.653.512.3
June 202515.228.413.6
July 202516.452.613.1
August 202516.551.320.6
September 202523.853.813.1
October 202519.455.112.6
November 202513.838.811.9
December 20254.834.313.8
January 202621.846.815.1
February 202615.047.015.6
March 202626.738.216.2
April 202625.840.013.9
May 202627.140.614.1
June 202626.038.914.0
July 202623.040.213.1
August 202619.435.912.9

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 23.7 miles away

4 to 10weeks

Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 10 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 3 weeks, 9 in 10 under 7 weeks. 20 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust, 14 miles away

10 to 52weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 52 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 1,185 people treated in the month.

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