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Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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At a glance

Whether this trust meets each official NHS operational standard — not a combined score or ranking.

Waiting times
Below NHS standard
61.0% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
75.4% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
72.8% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
11.8% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
As expected
Screening indicator, not a death rate — a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported 13,661 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 75.4% seen within four hours. In June 2026, 45,361 patients were on the waiting list, and 61% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Staff survey results from 2025 showed that 55.7% would recommend the trust to friends or family.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 18 August 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries

Hospitals run by this trust

Trust performance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
61.0%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 3.1 pts vs yr agoBetter than 14% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
13.7 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 1.1 wks vs yr agoBetter than 18% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
45,361
National median: 39,587
▼ 4,007 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
1,060
National median: 358.5
▼ 761 vs yr agoBetter than 21% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
75.4%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 0.2 pts vs yr agoBetter than 57% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
13,661
National median: 14,642
▲ 790 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
181
National median: 194
▼ 213 vs yr agoBetter than 53% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

Latest month: July 2026· all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.

A&E attendances
13,661
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
75.4%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
181
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
3,101
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
7,080
Seen within 4 hours
53.3%

The all-types headline above includes minor-injury units and urgent treatment centres (Type 3), which typically report much higher 4-hour performance and lift the combined figure. This narrower figure covers only the main, consultant-led A&E department— Type 1 in NHS England's classification.

Department typeAttendancesWithin 4 hours
All types (official headline)13,66175.4%
Type 1 — major A&E7,08053.3%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC6,58199.2%

Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. About this data

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
80.8%
1,504 of 1,861 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
72.8%
110 of 151 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
87.7%
107 of 122 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%72.8%82.3%April 202577.1%May 202573.2%June 202568.8%July 202568.7%August 202566.8%September 202571.5%October 202567.2%November 202567.8%December 202561.3%January 202666.1%February 202679.2%March 202665.1%April 202676.6%May 202672.8%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%80.8%81.5%April 202576.2%May 202576.3%June 202576.5%July 202575.2%August 202576.2%September 202573.6%October 202571.6%November 202576.4%December 202572.8%January 202684.1%February 202681.8%March 202680.8%April 202679.8%May 202680.8%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
80%90%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%87.7%94.2%April 202591.3%May 202593.5%June 202592.9%July 202590.2%August 202583.2%September 202587.9%October 202589.2%November 202582.5%December 202575.8%January 202689.8%February 202689.2%March 202687.0%April 202691.9%May 202687.7%June 2026

Source: NHS England Cancer Waiting Times. The 62-day standard is urgent referral to first treatment; the 28-day faster-diagnosis standard is referral to diagnosis or ruling-out. About this data

Patient experience (Friends & Family Test)

Latest month: June 2026· a voluntary, monthly feedback survey — the figure is the share of respondents who rated their experience 'good' or 'very good'. Response rates are often low and respondents are self-selected, not a representative sample, so read this alongside the clinical measures above, not on its own.

Inpatient care
% would recommend
95.6%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
2.3%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
480
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
37.0%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
70.2%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
20.9%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
325
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
13.9%
Responses as a share of those eligible

Source: NHS England Friends & Family Test. About this data

Staff experience (NHS Staff Survey)

2025 · the views of staff who work at this trust — a measure of workforce culture, morale and confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes. There is no official NHS target for these figures, so they are shown as context, never a pass or fail.

Staff happy for a friend or relative to be treated here
55.7%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 3.1 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.73
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
55.1%
Agreed · 2025

The NHS Staff Survey records the views of staff who chose to respond — a measure of workforce culture, morale and staff confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes or safety. Response rates vary between trusts. England only; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run separate staff surveys on a different basis, so these figures are never compared across nations.

Source: NHS Staff Survey (NHS England), Open Government Licence. About this data

Cancelled operations

Quarter ending 30 June 2026· last-minute cancellations for NON-CLINICAL reasons (no bed, no staff, an emergency taking priority) — not cancellations chosen by the patient or on clinical grounds. It's a raw count, so larger trusts naturally cancel more in absolute terms — read this alongside the other measures above, not on its own.

Last-minute cancellations
322
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
38
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
11.8%
share of cancelled ops without a new date inside 28 days

Source: NHS England (QMCO). About this data

Bed occupancy, ambulance handovers & delayed discharges (UEC Daily SitRep)

Snapshot at 8am, 29 March 2026. This is unvalidated management information— NHS England's own label — and can be revised for up to 14 days after first publication. It is collected only during the winter Daily SitRep window, so this is the latest date the collection has published, not necessarily today. It measures operational pressure (how full the hospital is), NOT care quality — high occupancy is normal for NHS hospitals, especially in winter, and is not a safety or performance score. The ambulance-handover figures below cover winter 2025-26 as a period total(not a snapshot): the time from an ambulance arriving to the patient being handed over to A&E staff. The delayed-discharge figures cover the most recent 7 daysof the collection (not a snapshot, and not the whole winter): a patient who "no longer meets the criteria to reside" is medically ready to leave hospital, but how quickly they actually do mostly reflects social-care and community capacity to receive them — NOT the hospital's own clinical quality. A higher handover or delayed-discharge figure means more operational pressure — like the rest of this section, none of it is a measure of care quality, and it carries no colour grading, badge or ranking.

Adult general & acute bed occupancy
88.4%
387 occupied of 438 open
Adult critical care occupancy
45.5%
5 occupied of 11 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
42.9%
of 9,311 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
8.2%
of 9,311 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
78
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
42%
of 953 who no longer met the criteria to reside, week to 29 March 2026

Source: NHS England UEC Daily SitRep, Ambulance Handover and Acute Discharge SitRep collections. About this data

Never Events (patient safety)

Financial year 2025/26 · Never Events are rare, serious, wholly-preventable incidents. This is a RAW count for 2025/26— it is NOT adjusted for how much surgery the trust does, and NHS England publishes it to prompt learning, NOT to compare trusts. A higher number is a prompt to look at the trust's own review, not proof it is less safe than a trust with fewer.

Never Events reported
1
Occurring in FY 2025/26 · not a comparative safety score

Source: NHS England. About this data

Maternity — patient experience

CQC National Maternity Survey, 2025 · scores are relative comparisons against other trusts, not a measure of absolute quality — based on 103 voluntary respondents (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). A lower score is a prompt to look closer, not proof of poor care.

Response rate
34.9%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
103
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.3/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.2/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.9/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.9/10
Better than most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts

Source: Care Quality Commission — National Maternity Survey. About this data

Stroke care (SSNAP audit)

Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, latest quarter to 2026· the SSNAP level (A best .. E) is the audit's own published grade for the quality of this team's acute stroke-care PROCESSES, adjusted for case-mix, case ascertainment and audit compliance — it is not a guarantee of any individual patient's outcome. England only; SSNAP also covers Wales and Northern Ireland.

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
D50.0/100
Greater Manchester
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayE
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeB
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

Source: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (Royal College of Physicians). About this data

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · National Hip Fracture Database, 2023audit year · "Met best-practice criteria" is the audit's own composite measure of hip-fracture care PROCESSES at each hospital this trust runs.

Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryBest-practice 59.7%368 cases

Source: National Hip Fracture Database (Royal College of Physicians). About this data

Patient experience — inpatient care

CQC Adult Inpatient Survey, 2024 · scores are 0-10, and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the CQC 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 538 voluntary respondents (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
45.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
538
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
8.0/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.2/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
8.7/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
8.6/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
6.8/10
National average: 7.6/10
Worse than the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
6.9/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.3/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.5/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.4/10
National average: 6.7/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality Commission — CQC Adult Inpatient Survey. About this data

Patient experience — A&E (urgent & emergency care)

CQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E), 2024 · scores are 0-10, and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the CQC 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 268 voluntary respondents who attended a major (type 1) A&E department (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
29.5%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
268
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
6.5/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.2/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
2.5/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
7.6/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
7.5/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.0/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
6.8/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
6.6/10
National average: 7.8/10
Worse than the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
5.9/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
7.6/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality Commission — CQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E). About this data

Patient experience — cancer care

National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, 2025 · scores are the % of patients giving the most positive answer (and an overall 0–10 rating), and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the survey's 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 197 patients treated for cancer by this trust (a question is only shown here where at least 10 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
—
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
197
Who took part
Overall rating of care
9.2/10
National average: 8.9/10
Better than the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
79%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
89%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
80%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
73%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
90%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
75%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
71%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
92%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
48%
National average: 45%
About the same as the national average

Source: NHS England (survey run by Picker on its behalf) — National Cancer Patient Experience Survey. About this data

Hip & knee replacement — patient outcomes (PROMs)

Financial year 2024-25(finalised) · patients having a primary hip or knee replacement voluntarily score their health before and after surgery. The average gain shown is adjusted for differences between patients (case-mix) — it is not a raw before/after difference and not a ranking, so read it alongside the patient numbers.

Hip replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
23.2
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 24.3
Patients
474
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
97.9%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.46
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
17.7
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 18.0
Patients
444
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
96.8%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.33
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale

Source: NHS England PROMs (hip & knee replacement). About this data

Diagnostic test waits

Latest month: June 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.

Waiting 6+ weeks for a test
11.8%
of 8,141 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Cardiology1,31726.7%35143
CT scan1,09824.6%270113
Audiology25814.0%360
Gastroscopy18612.4%234
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy5211.5%60
Ultrasound2,5298.3%2093
Colonoscopy1847.1%132
Cystoscopy674.5%30
MRI2,1592.0%440
DEXA Scan1771.1%20
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
10%20%30%40%Apr 25Jan 2611.8%18.0%April 202525.0%May 202530.3%June 202533.5%July 202538.6%August 202537.0%September 202534.6%October 202530.6%November 202535.2%December 202530.4%January 202618.9%February 202618.6%March 202617.9%April 202612.5%May 202611.8%June 2026

Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data

Safety: infections

Cases in the 12 months to July 2026. Hospital-onset cases are those most likely acquired in hospital.

InfectionCases (12 mo)Hospital-onset
MRSA bacteraemia41
C. difficile13050
E. coli bacteraemia14836
MSSA bacteraemia4013
Klebsiella bacteraemia3212
Pseudomonas bacteraemia114
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
51015May 25Jan 26167May 202512June 202512July 20258August 202514September 20259October 20259November 202511December 202510January 202610February 20268March 20266April 20267May 20268June 202616July 2026

Source: UK Health Security Agency mandatory surveillance. About this data

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.03
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,675 deaths vs 1,620 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
1.001.101.20Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.031.09December 20181.13January 20191.13February 20191.14March 20191.14April 20191.15May 20191.16June 20191.16July 20191.16August 20191.16September 20191.17October 20191.20November 20191.20December 20191.18January 20201.18February 20201.18March 20201.18April 20201.16May 20201.15June 20201.15July 20201.15August 20201.15September 20201.15October 20201.13November 20201.13December 20201.12January 20211.11February 20211.09March 20211.09April 20211.07May 20211.08June 20211.05July 20211.03August 20211.04September 20211.05October 20211.06November 20211.06December 20211.08January 20221.08February 20221.12March 20221.13April 20221.15May 20221.14June 20221.14July 20221.14August 20221.15September 20221.12October 20221.13November 20221.12December 20221.11January 20231.11February 20231.09March 20231.09April 20231.08May 20231.07June 20231.08July 20231.08August 20231.08September 20231.08October 20231.08November 20231.06December 20231.06January 20241.06February 20241.05March 20241.05April 20241.04May 20241.04June 20241.05July 20241.04August 20241.05September 20241.05October 20241.05November 20241.04December 20241.03January 20251.03February 20251.03March 20251.03April 20251.03May 20251.03June 20251.02July 20251.02August 20251.01September 20251.01October 20251.01November 20251.02December 20251.02January 20261.04February 20261.03March 2026

The SHMI compares the number of deaths after hospital care with the number expected given patients' characteristics. It is not a death rate and a higher value is a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care. Source: NHS England. About this data

Waiting times by specialty

Data: June 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics (incomplete pathways)

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic8,95462.0%13.6 wks39.9 wks16411
Other - Others5,13757.4%14.5 wks46.9 wks227101
Ear Nose and Throat4,92151.6%17.4 wks44.8 wks212430
Gastroenterology4,41854.4%16.1 wks44.2 wks10700
Gynaecology2,98663.2%12.7 wks39.6 wks68101
Cardiology2,97063.1%13.1 wks35.3 wks000
Dermatology2,85664.9%11.4 wks36.1 wks300
Other - Paediatrics2,85462.2%13.3 wks37.6 wks6320
General Surgery2,04145.8%20.1 wks50.4 wks14020
Respiratory Medicine1,95268.0%11.9 wks31.6 wks000
Urology1,88268.4%11.7 wks36.7 wks4520
Ophthalmology1,57685.2%6.7 wks22.3 wks500
Oral Surgery1,38062.0%14.0 wks35.1 wks2640
Rheumatology90378.7%9.7 wks27.2 wks000
Elderly Medicine32967.2%13.5 wks34.8 wks000
General Internal Medicine17275.0%11.6 wks20.9 wks000
Cardiothoracic Surgery2268.2%13.5 wks28.2 wks000
Neurosurgical837.5%21.5 wks32.4 wks000

Figures come from NHS England's official monthly statistics and the CQC directory, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See methodology for definitions.