Compare North Downs Hospital, Whittington Health 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 North Downs HospitalWhittington Health NHS Trust England
General surgery 10.6 (shortest) 12.6 12.8
Urology 15.6 11.9 (shortest) 12.2
Orthopaedics 11.2 8.5 (shortest) 13.9
Ear, nose and throat – 18.0 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) 10.5 9.5 (shortest) 10.4
Oral surgery – 11.3 16.4
Plastic surgery 10.5* 17.2 14.0
Gastroenterology 13.0* 6.3 11.0
Cardiology (heart) – 11.0 11.9
Dermatology (skin) – 28.3 10.5
Respiratory medicine – 7.6 10.4
Neurology – 12.5 13.2
Rheumatology – 5.5 10.9
Elderly medicine – 6.3 7.6
Gynaecology 12.2 (shortest) 14.5 14.2
Other medical specialties 19.4 6.6 (shortest) 10.7
All specialties 11.8 11.6 (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.