Compare Beaumont Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals 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	Beaumont Hospital	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	England
General surgery	9.7 (shortest)	20.0	12.8
Urology	9.3 (shortest)	12.4	12.2
Orthopaedics	10.8 (shortest)	16.2	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	13.0 (shortest)	13.6	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	–	9.2	10.4
Oral surgery	–	17.1	16.4
Neurosurgery	–	13.3	13.4
Plastic surgery	–	15.6	14.0
General medicine	–	19.2	10.2
Gastroenterology	14.8*	19.7	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	–	11.9	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	–	8.9	10.5
Respiratory medicine	–	12.8	10.4
Neurology	0.5*	17.5	13.2
Elderly medicine	–	6.8	7.6
Gynaecology	12.5 (shortest)	13.1	14.2
Other medical specialties	–	14.6	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	–	18.0	12.3
Other surgical specialties	–	13.4	11.4
Other services	16.5	4.8 (shortest)	8.7
All specialties	11.5 (shortest)	14.2	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.