Compare Blakelands Hospital, East and North Hertfordshire Teaching 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 Blakelands HospitalEast and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust England
General surgery 8.3 (shortest) 12.0 12.8
Urology 7.0 (shortest) 14.0 12.2
Orthopaedics 15.1 (shortest) 19.3 13.9
Ear, nose and throat – 15.7 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) 10.6 8.3 (shortest) 10.4
Oral surgery – 20.4 16.4
Plastic surgery – 8.6 14.0
Cardiothoracic surgery – 8.1 9.6
General medicine – 7.2* 10.2
Gastroenterology 5.4 (shortest) 11.8 11.0
Cardiology (heart) – 8.3 11.9
Dermatology (skin) – 13.4 10.5
Respiratory medicine – 6.8 10.4
Neurology – 7.0 13.2
Rheumatology – 15.3 10.9
Elderly medicine – 8.5 7.6
Gynaecology – 12.2 14.2
Other medical specialties 14.1 – 10.7
Other services – 12.6 8.7
All specialties 11.6 (shortest) 12.1 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.