Heart problems · Sefton · Cardiology
Heart problems waiting time at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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weeks
Actual referral-to-treatment wait in July 2026.
NHS RTT data, July 2026
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About heart problems
Heart problems, in the sense this page covers, means symptoms that are being looked into in a planned, non-urgent way, such as palpitations (a fluttering, pounding or irregular heartbeat), a heart murmur, or breathlessness that a GP wants investigated.
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How long people have been waiting
2,155
681
0 to 18 wks
Over 18 wks
People on the cardiology waiting list now, split by whether they have passed the 18-week target, July 2026. Whole specialty.
NHS hospitals near Sefton
Southport and Formby District General Hospital (current)
0 mi
16 wks
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan
15 mi
5 wks
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool
15 mi
8 wks
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston
16 mi
4 wks
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool
16 mi
10 wks
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen
22 mi
16 wks
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester
30 mi
10 wks
Weeks waited by patients treated in July 2026, whole specialty, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS RTT data, July 2026.
Cardiology as a whole, not heart problems alone.
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