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Oral Surgery waiting times at Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Incomplete pathways · Data: June 2026 · Source: NHS England RTT statistics · full trust profile

On the waiting list
2,220
Seen within 18 weeks
56.0%
Typical (median) wait
15.5 wks
Waiting over a year
27
Waiting over 65 weeks
0
Waiting over 78 weeks
0
Seen within 18 weeks
Oral Surgery · % of the waiting list
60%80%Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%56.0%81.3%April 202187.1%May 202187.9%June 202186.5%July 202186.7%August 202183.7%September 202178.4%October 202184.5%November 202185.3%December 202189.2%January 202292.0%February 202288.1%March 202272.1%April 202374.6%May 202378.7%June 202367.8%July 202366.8%August 202366.6%September 202370.1%October 202372.1%November 202370.9%December 202375.6%January 202473.7%February 202474.9%March 202472.2%April 202472.5%May 202471.9%June 202474.2%July 202474.8%August 202480.0%September 202480.5%October 202481.8%November 202482.2%December 202482.7%January 202581.5%February 202578.4%March 202572.7%April 202570.3%May 202565.7%June 202563.5%July 202560.8%August 202561.4%September 202565.2%October 202565.7%November 202567.0%December 202565.4%January 202662.9%February 202662.5%March 202659.5%April 202657.8%May 202656.0%June 2026

How long did treated patients wait?

These figures are for oral surgery patients who started treatment in June 2026 — not those still waiting. The wait shown is how long they had waited before treatment started. It is typically longer than the current waiting-list figure above, because it includes people who were finally treated after a long wait.

Admitted (needed a hospital admission)
Typical (median) wait before treatment
12.5 wks
Treated within 18 weeks
57.1%
Patients treated
42
in June 2026
Non-admitted (outpatient)
Typical (median) wait before treatment
12.8 wks
Treated within 18 weeks
64.3%
Patients treated
308
in June 2026

Source: NHS England RTT statistics, completed (admitted/non-admitted) pathways. About this data

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