Compare Spire Fylde Coast Hospital, East Lancashire Hospitals 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 Fylde Coast HospitalEast Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust England
General surgery 8.9 (shortest) 12.3 12.8
Urology 4.3 (shortest) 6.7 12.2
Orthopaedics 10.3 7.4 (shortest) 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 4.2 (shortest) 7.4 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) – 11.8 10.4
Oral surgery – 11.1 16.4
Neurosurgery 3.8* – 13.4
General medicine – 9.5* 10.2
Gastroenterology 10.0* 5.9 11.0
Cardiology (heart) – 7.1 11.9
Dermatology (skin) – 13.0 10.5
Respiratory medicine – 4.9 10.4
Neurology 14.5* – 13.2
Rheumatology – 11.9 10.9
Elderly medicine – 2.6 7.6
Gynaecology 8.9 (shortest) 14.1 14.2
Other medical specialties – 10.1 10.7
Other paediatric specialties – 10.0 12.3
Other surgical specialties 10.0* 8.6 11.4
Other services – 3.8* 8.7
All specialties 8.6 (shortest) 9.4 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.