Compare Oaks Hospital, East Suffolk and North Essex 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.

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty Oaks HospitalEast Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust England
General surgery 18.6 15.8 (shortest) 12.8
Urology – 14.3 12.2
Orthopaedics 10.0 (shortest) 17.2 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 26.1* 17.5 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) 11.0* 12.4 10.4
Oral surgery – 19.1 16.4
Plastic surgery – 11.5 14.0
General medicine – 24.6 10.2
Gastroenterology 9.0* 10.9 11.0
Cardiology (heart) – 9.8 11.9
Dermatology (skin) – 10.4 10.5
Respiratory medicine – 8.7 10.4
Neurology – 19.0 13.2
Rheumatology – 14.5 10.9
Elderly medicine – 4.0 7.6
Gynaecology 9.1 (shortest) 14.8 14.2
Other medical specialties 10.0 10.0 (shortest) 10.7
Other paediatric specialties – 10.2 12.3
Other surgical specialties – 8.5 11.4
Other services – 7.1 8.7
All specialties 12.9 (shortest) 13.5 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.