Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Updated February 2026
The typical wait to see an orthopaedic consultant is
5 weeks
That's just over 1 month
The NHS Trauma & Orthopaedics waiting list at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust currently has 3,223 patients waiting, with a typical wait of around 5 weeks from GP referral. About 10 in 10 Trauma & Orthopaedics patients here are seen within 18 weeks (the NHS constitutional target is 9 in 10). Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS Foundation Trust in the North West region. Waits at this hospital are about 0.7 week longer than in February 2025. It's slipped down 2 places in the national league for this department's; now 8 out of 306 hospitals.
Median wait for this department, with the national average as a dashed line.
Distribution of patients by how many weeks they've been on the waiting list.
The national average wait to see an orthopaedic consultant is about 14 weeks. This hospital is faster than the national average.
Ranked 8th out of 306 hospitals nationally for this department
Ranked 1st out of 37 in North West
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Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust currently has about 3,223 patients on its Trauma & Orthopaedics waiting list. The typical wait from GP referral to first appointment is around 5 weeks.
About 95% of Trauma & Orthopaedics patients at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are currently seen within 18 weeks of GP referral. The NHS constitutional target is 92%.
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This is informational data, not medical advice. Always discuss referral options with your GP. Full disclaimer.