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Plastic 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
8,118
Seen within 18 weeks
55.8%
Typical (median) wait
15.5 wks
Waiting over a year
236
Waiting over 65 weeks
0
Waiting over 78 weeks
0
Seen within 18 weeks
Plastic Surgery · % of the waiting list
40%60%80%Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%55.8%47.5%April 202150.9%May 202150.5%June 202150.8%July 202151.1%August 202149.3%September 202147.3%October 202146.6%November 202145.8%December 202146.1%January 202245.3%February 202244.6%March 202244.0%April 202347.1%May 202347.2%June 202345.2%July 202346.8%August 202344.4%September 202345.7%October 202346.6%November 202343.7%December 202345.0%January 202445.9%February 202443.9%March 202443.3%April 202443.5%May 202443.1%June 202441.7%July 202440.6%August 202439.7%September 202442.7%October 202442.3%November 202443.2%December 202443.6%January 202545.6%February 202548.0%March 202548.2%April 202548.6%May 202548.4%June 202549.2%July 202551.6%August 202554.7%September 202554.1%October 202553.4%November 202552.7%December 202550.8%January 202651.4%February 202654.6%March 202654.1%April 202656.5%May 202655.8%June 2026

How long did treated patients wait?

These figures are for plastic 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
5.0 wks
Treated within 18 weeks
74.9%
Patients treated
1,261
in June 2026
Non-admitted (outpatient)
Typical (median) wait before treatment
8.5 wks
Treated within 18 weeks
77.8%
Patients treated
792
in June 2026

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

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