Compare Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Spamedica Newcastle-under-Lyme

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	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust	Spamedica Newcastle-under-Lyme	England
General surgery	14.3	–	12.8
Urology	15.8	–	12.2
Orthopaedics	14.4	–	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	15.1	–	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	11.6	4.2 (shortest)	10.4
Oral surgery	17.2	–	16.4
Plastic surgery	18.6	–	14.0
Cardiothoracic surgery	8.1	–	9.6
General medicine	7.7	–	10.2
Gastroenterology	10.4	–	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	13.9	–	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	9.2	–	10.5
Respiratory medicine	7.3	–	10.4
Neurology	7.5	–	13.2
Rheumatology	6.4	–	10.9
Elderly medicine	9.6	–	7.6
Gynaecology	15.7	–	14.2
Other medical specialties	10.8	–	10.7
Other mental health	9.0*	–	8.4
Other paediatric specialties	14.7	–	12.3
Other surgical specialties	9.5	–	11.4
Other services	8.6	–	8.7
All specialties	12.8	4.2 (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.