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Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

Page last reviewed: October 2025

Elective

Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks

This metric measures the percentage of cases where the patient was waiting to start consultant-led elective treatment and had been waiting within 18 weeks. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

56.5%

Rank: 92 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh showing Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks performance data for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWrightington, Wigan and Leigh National Average
Aug 2456.7%58.3%
Sep 2454.7%58.5%
Oct 2453.7%58.9%
Nov 2454.0%59.2%
Dec 2453.2%58.9%
Jan 2553.6%58.9%
Feb 2554.6%59.2%
Mar 2556.0%59.8%
Apr 2556.6%59.7%
May 2558.2%60.9%
Jun 2557.9%61.5%
Jul 2556.5%61.3%
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Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks

This metric measures the percentage of cases where the patient was waiting to start consultant-led elective treatment and had been waiting more than 52 weeks (one year). Lower percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

3.7%

Rank: 98 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh showing Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks performance data for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWrightington, Wigan and Leigh National Average
Aug 244.4%3.7%
Sep 244.2%3.3%
Oct 244.6%3.1%
Nov 244.8%3.0%
Dec 244.6%2.7%
Jan 254.3%2.7%
Feb 254.2%2.6%
Mar 253.8%2.4%
Apr 253.9%2.6%
May 253.7%2.7%
Jun 253.7%2.6%
Jul 253.7%2.6%
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Cancer

Cancer faster diagnosis

The standard reflects the proportion of patients who waited four weeks (28-days) from urgent referral to being told they have cancer, or cancer is definitively excluded. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

76.4%

Rank: 71 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh showing Cancer faster diagnosis over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Cancer faster diagnosis performance data for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWrightington, Wigan and Leigh National Average
Aug 2479.7%75.5%
Sep 2481.3%74.9%
Oct 2484.8%77.1%
Nov 2483.6%77.4%
Dec 2481.5%78.1%
Jan 2578.7%73.4%
Feb 2582.3%80.2%
Mar 2585.5%78.9%
Apr 2581.5%76.7%
May 2576.3%74.8%
Jun 2576.4%76.8%
Jul 2576.4%76.6%
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Cancer 62-day combined

The standard reflects the proportion of patients who waited two months (62-days) from an urgent suspected cancer or breast symptomatic referral, or urgent screening referral, or consultant upgrade to a first definitive treatment for cancer. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

68.7%

Rank: 73 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh showing Cancer 62-day combined over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Cancer 62-day combined performance data for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWrightington, Wigan and Leigh National Average
Aug 2476.8%69.5%
Sep 2481.5%67.4%
Oct 2482.8%68.2%
Nov 2478.8%69.4%
Dec 2481.7%71.3%
Jan 2576.6%67.3%
Feb 2573.4%67.0%
Mar 2578.2%71.4%
Apr 2581.7%69.9%
May 2576.0%67.8%
Jun 2573.1%67.1%
Jul 2568.7%69.2%
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Diagnostics

Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks

The purpose of this dataset is to measure waits and monitor activity for 15 key diagnostic tests. Early diagnosis is important to patients and central to improving outcomes. Lower percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

33.5%

Rank: 98 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh showing Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks performance data for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWrightington, Wigan and Leigh National Average
Aug 2422.9%24.0%
Sep 2421.7%22.7%
Oct 2418.6%20.7%
Nov 2417.0%19.9%
Dec 2416.7%22.8%
Jan 2517.1%22.4%
Feb 2510.0%17.5%
Mar 2510.1%18.4%
Apr 2518.0%21.2%
May 2525.0%22.0%
Jun 2530.3%21.3%
Jul 2533.5%21.9%
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Accident and Emergency

A&E 4-hour performance

This metric reflects the proportion of patients who waited less than 4 hours from arrival, to admission, transfer or discharge. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

77.0%

Rank: 34 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh showing A&E 4-hour performance over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly A&E 4-hour performance performance data for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWrightington, Wigan and Leigh National Average
Sep 2471.6%74.2%
Oct 2469.8%73.1%
Nov 2468.6%72.2%
Dec 2468.3%71.1%
Jan 2565.3%73.0%
Feb 2567.8%73.5%
Mar 2571.7%75.0%
Apr 2571.4%74.8%
May 2572.2%75.4%
Jun 2571.6%75.5%
Jul 2575.6%76.4%
Aug 2577.0%75.9%
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A&E 12-hour performance

This metric reflects the proportion of patients who waited over 12 hours from arrival, to admission, transfer or discharge, for type 1 and 2 A&E departments only. Lower percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

14.8%

Rank: 104 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh showing A&E 12-hour performance over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025. The most recent month is provisional data.

Monthly A&E 12-hour performance performance data for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWrightington, Wigan and Leigh National Average
Sep 2420.6%9.9%
Oct 2420.0%11.2%
Nov 2421.7%10.8%
Dec 2420.3%12.1%
Jan 2522.6%12.7%
Feb 2520.1%11.3%
Mar 2521.0%9.7%
Apr 2522.5%10.1%
May 2518.2%9.4%
Jun 2518.2%8.9%
Jul 2517.5%8.3%
Aug 2514.8%8.9%
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