Compare Spire Alexandra Hospital, East Sussex Healthcare NHS 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 Spire Alexandra HospitalEast Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust England
General surgery 10.2 (shortest) 10.9 12.8
Urology – 15.8 12.2
Orthopaedics 7.9 (shortest) 9.5 13.9
Ear, nose and throat – 13.8 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) – 8.8 10.4
Oral surgery – 17.6 16.4
Plastic surgery 16.3* – 14.0
General medicine – 1.1* 10.2
Gastroenterology – 8.6 11.0
Cardiology (heart) – 13.0 11.9
Dermatology (skin) – 4.1 10.5
Respiratory medicine – 13.6 10.4
Neurology 4.5* 10.5 13.2
Rheumatology – 7.0 10.9
Elderly medicine – 6.8 7.6
Gynaecology 7.6 (shortest) 16.1 14.2
Other medical specialties – 12.1 10.7
Other paediatric specialties – 13.0 12.3
Other surgical specialties 14.8 6.2 (shortest) 11.4
Other services – 8.0 8.7
All specialties 11.2 (shortest) 11.3 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.