Compare Rivers Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital 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 Rivers HospitalChelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust England
General surgery 11.5 (shortest) 14.7 12.8
Urology 11.0 (shortest) 12.1 12.2
Orthopaedics 13.8 (shortest) 15.9 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 25.4 17.5 (shortest) 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) 7.1 (shortest) 13.2 10.4
Oral surgery – 21.3 16.4
Plastic surgery – 17.1 14.0
Cardiothoracic surgery – 11.0* 9.6
General medicine – 7.6 10.2
Gastroenterology 8.8 8.2 (shortest) 11.0
Cardiology (heart) – 9.1 11.9
Dermatology (skin) – 9.8 10.5
Respiratory medicine – 8.9 10.4
Neurology – 6.3 13.2
Rheumatology – 10.9 10.9
Elderly medicine – 10.6 7.6
Gynaecology 9.8 8.3 (shortest) 14.2
Other medical specialties 3.5* 8.5 10.7
Other paediatric specialties – 12.1 12.3
Other surgical specialties – 13.8 11.4
Other services 25.0* 9.7 8.7
All specialties 11.6 (shortest) 11.9 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.