Bladder, kidneys and prostate at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary urology waiting times: most people treated waited 10 to 39 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 66% 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

Urology 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 202412.445.417.6
October 20247.651.716.6
November 202413.949.416.6
December 20245.742.916.6
January 202511.150.514.9
February 20259.844.814.6
March 20259.147.314.3
April 20258.949.113.8
May 20259.552.813.6
June 202511.359.612.8
July 20259.462.111.8
August 20258.654.711.7
September 202511.253.310.4
October 20259.534.09.3
November 20259.237.68.7
December 20255.528.69.0
January 20267.535.410.0
February 20268.648.49.4
March 20266.433.29.2
April 20266.634.210.2
May 20265.548.011.2
June 20265.837.911.7
July 20267.333.912.4
August 202610.339.112.4

Faster options within 25 miles

Free on the NHS

Spire Murrayfield Hospital

Independent hospital, 23.5 miles away

7 to 34weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 34 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 27 people treated in the month.

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

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