Rheumatology waiting times at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (June 2026)

13week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 1,519 people on the rheumatology list here have been waiting longer than 13 weeks, half less. That is 4 weeks shorter than a year ago.

67%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

96 / 123

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

4 weeks shorter 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 — 28% 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
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley	67	3 wks	10 wks
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester	19	6 wks	6 wks
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester	29	6 wks	6 wks
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Ashton-Under-Lyne	37	6 wks	6 wks
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Oswestry	48	7 wks	6 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.