Compare Pioneer Healthcare Limited, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Put up to three hospitals or providers side by side, for one specialty or for all of them. Figures for patients waiting at the end of August 2026.

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty Pioneer Healthcare LimitedNorthern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust England
General surgery – 18.7 12.8
Urology – 15.8 12.2
Orthopaedics 78.5* 15.7 13.9
Ear, nose and throat – 15.9 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) – 17.8 10.4
Oral surgery – 19.8 16.4
Neurosurgery 24.0 17.3 (shortest) 13.4
Plastic surgery – 15.4 14.0
Cardiothoracic surgery – 7.5* 9.6
General medicine – 9.4* 10.2
Gastroenterology – 15.2 11.0
Cardiology (heart) – 12.4 11.9
Dermatology (skin) – 18.3 10.5
Respiratory medicine – 6.7 10.4
Neurology – 13.2 13.2
Rheumatology – 14.2 10.9
Elderly medicine – 4.4 7.6
Gynaecology – 19.1 14.2
Other medical specialties – 10.5 10.7
Other paediatric specialties – 16.5 12.3
Other surgical specialties – 13.0 11.4
Other services – 22.3 8.7
All specialties 24.3 15.5 (shortest) 12.2

Median wait in weeks. The shortest in each row is marked in bold; * means fewer than 50 patients waiting, so not compared. Choose a specialty to see a trend chart.