Compare Nuffield Health, Plymouth Hospital, Royal Devon University Healthcare 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.

First provider Second provider Third provider (optional) Specialty

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty	Nuffield Health, Plymouth Hospital	Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	England
General surgery	15.5	13.5 (shortest)	12.8
Urology	10.5*	13.4	12.2
Orthopaedics	13.3 (shortest)	18.3	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	–	17.4	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	–	13.4	10.4
Oral surgery	–	12.6	16.4
Neurosurgery	18.3	–	13.4
Plastic surgery	14.3*	10.4	14.0
General medicine	–	14.2	10.2
Gastroenterology	5.7*	8.3	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	–	14.4	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	–	9.4	10.5
Respiratory medicine	–	10.5	10.4
Neurology	–	14.0	13.2
Rheumatology	–	9.1	10.9
Elderly medicine	–	6.0	7.6
Gynaecology	–	14.1	14.2
Other medical specialties	–	11.0	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	–	12.5	12.3
Other surgical specialties	–	11.5	11.4
Other services	17.5	7.7 (shortest)	8.7
All specialties	14.2	12.7 (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.