Compare Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital, North West Anglia 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	Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital	North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust	England
General surgery	17.5	13.1 (shortest)	12.8
Urology	–	11.3	12.2
Orthopaedics	8.8 (shortest)	15.9	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	–	16.7	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	–	14.0	10.4
Oral surgery	–	17.9	16.4
Neurosurgery	12.8*	–	13.4
Plastic surgery	–	10.4	14.0
General medicine	–	3.6	10.2
Gastroenterology	–	9.2	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	–	17.3	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	–	12.5	10.5
Respiratory medicine	–	7.4	10.4
Neurology	–	13.6	13.2
Rheumatology	–	12.5	10.9
Elderly medicine	–	6.9	7.6
Gynaecology	–	16.3	14.2
Other medical specialties	–	14.1	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	–	10.9	12.3
Other surgical specialties	18.5*	8.5	11.4
Other services	–	19.5	8.7
All specialties	9.7 (shortest)	13.9	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.