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Waiting times/Dermatology/Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dermatology waiting times at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

16week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 7,553 people on the dermatology list here have been waiting longer than 16 weeks, half less. That is 3 weeks longer than a year ago. It is about 5 weeks longer than the England average for this specialty.

54%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

49

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

101 / 115

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

3 weeks longer than 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 — 42% 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.

ProviderMilesMedianSooner by
Novus Health Ltd Normanton744 wks12 wks
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford614 wks12 wks
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield545 wks11 wks
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield715 wks11 wks
Omnes Healthcare Ltd Salford285 wks11 wks
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Straight answers

About this figure

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