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NHS England figures show 48,473 patients were waiting for non-urgent elective operations or treatment at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust hospitals at the end of September – down from 49,337 in August, and 52,134 in September 2024

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NHS England figures show 50,200 patients were waiting for non-urgent elective operations or treatment at Wigan hospitals at the end of May – down slightly from 50,409 in April, and 55,222 in May 2024

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Tens of thousands waiting for hospital treatment

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Tens of thousands of patients were waiting for routine treatment last month

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NHS England figures show 50,630 patients were waiting for non-urgent elective operations or treatment at WWL facilities at the end of January – down slightly from 50,841 in December, and 54,481 in January 2024

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NHS England figures show 50,841 patients were waiting for non-urgent elective operations or treatment at WWL facilities at the end of December – down slightly from 50,902 in November, and 54,940 in December 2023

Tens of thousands waiting for routine treatment

NHS England figures show 50,902 patients were waiting for non-urgent elective operations or treatment at WWL facilities at the end of November – down from 53,381 in October, and 55,009 in November 2023

Modest fall in numbers waiting for routine hospital treatment

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NHS England figures show 52,134 patients were waiting for non-urgent elective operations or treatment at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust at the end of September – down from 55,359 in August, and 55,805 in September 2023

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Tens of thousands of patients were waiting for routine treatment at Wigan’s hospitals in September, new figures show.
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NHS England figures show 57,522 patients were waiting for non-urgent elective operations or treatment at WWL hospitals at the end of July – up from 56,716 in June, and 54,909 in July 2023.

Borough hospitals' vital signs

Nationally, 7.62 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of June

More patients waiting for routine treatment at Wigan's hospitals

NHS England figures show 55,222 patients were waiting for non-urgent elective operations or treatment at WWL hospitals at the end of May – up from 54,550 in April, and 52,491 in May 2023

Rise in patients waiting for non-urgent treatment

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Tens of thousands of patients were waiting for routine treatment in Wigan in August

Rising number of patients waiting for routine treatment from Wigan's hospitals

NHS England figures show patients did not attend 46,980 outpatient appointments at Wigan's hospitals in 2022-23 – up from 45,950 the year before

Tens of thousands of missed outpatient appointments

Tens of thousands of patients were waiting for routine treatment

Rising number of patients waiting for routine treatment at Wigan's hospitals

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Tens of thousands of patients were waiting for routine treatment at Wigan's hospitals in May

Tens of thousands of patients waiting for routine treatment at Wigan's hospitals
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Thousands of people are waiting

Tens of thousands of Wigan patients waiting for hospital treatment

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