Cardiothoracic Surgery waiting times at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

25week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 56 people on the cardiothoracic surgery list here have been waiting longer than 25 weeks, half less. It is about 14 weeks longer than the England average for this specialty.

30%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

23 / 23

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

Not enough history to compare with a year ago.

Median wait each month, 13 months to June 2026.

How the queue is spread

How the queue is spread, in four-week bands. The rule marks the 18-week standard — 64% of this queue is already past it.

Treating sooner nearby

Comparable providers within 75 miles reporting a shorter wait. You have a legal right to ask for any of them.

Provider	Miles	Median	Sooner by
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds	51	7 wks	18 wks
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester	13	8 wks	17 wks
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent	49	10 wks	16 wks
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool	27	15 wks	10 wks
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool	38	18 wks	7 wks

Check what switching would save youEnter your postcode to rank every provider near you by the trade-off between distance and time saved, and get the words to ask with.

Straight answers

About this figure

It’s about six weeks behind. NHS England publishes monthly, with a lag. This page shows June 2026.
It’s a trust-level average, not your wait. Your own wait depends on urgency, clinical need and which site you are treated at. Large trusts run several hospitals.
It counts people still waiting — incomplete pathways at month end — not people already treated.

This page presents official statistics and points to a right you already have. It isn’t medical advice, and it can’t tell you whether switching is right for you — your clinician can.