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Macclesfield District General Hospital

Macclesfield District Hospital, Macclesfield, SK10 3BL · Run by East Cheshire NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 30 January 2026 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
59.6%
Better than 10% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
14.4 wks
Better than 12% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
17,025
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
415
Better than 46% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
49.8%
Better than 0% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
4,654
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
389
Better than 38% of trustsData: Jun 2026

NHS England publishes waiting-time and A&E figures per trust, not per building — figures marked Trust-wide cover all hospitals run by East Cheshire NHS Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (East Cheshire NHS Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Ophthalmology2,42364.9%12.6 wks13
Gynaecology2,19655.4%15.9 wks65
Gastroenterology1,93548.7%18.8 wks112
Ear Nose and Throat1,64363.7%13.3 wks36
Trauma and Orthopaedic1,46757.9%15.4 wks16
Cardiology1,39854.1%16.5 wks24
General Surgery1,39255.6%15.8 wks13
Urology1,24863.5%13.5 wks23
Respiratory Medicine1,17846.7%19.4 wks100
Other - Surgicals82486.4%6.5 wks0
Other - Medicals79771.5%12.6 wks9
Other - Paediatrics33168.3%12.7 wks4
Other - Others8165.4%13.5 wks0
Elderly Medicine7663.2%14.0 wks0
Plastic Surgery2996.6%2.5 wks0
General Internal Medicine757.1%10.5 wks0

About this data

Every figure on this page comes from an official publication: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics, NHS England A&E statistics, and the Care Quality Commission directory. Data periods are shown against each figure — NHS England publishes with a lag of around six weeks. Read the full methodology.