Compare Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Spire Harpenden Hospital

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.

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Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	Spire Harpenden Hospital	England
General surgery	20.9	7.8 (shortest)	12.8
Urology	14.5	–	12.2
Orthopaedics	16.4	10.7 (shortest)	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	16.8	3.5 (shortest)	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	12.2	–	10.4
Oral surgery	15.6	–	16.4
Plastic surgery	13.7	–	14.0
General medicine	5.4	–	10.2
Gastroenterology	11.1	–	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	15.2	–	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	8.2	–	10.5
Respiratory medicine	11.4	–	10.4
Neurology	13.1	–	13.2
Rheumatology	15.5	–	10.9
Elderly medicine	3.6	–	7.6
Gynaecology	12.9	–	14.2
Other medical specialties	11.3	–	10.7
Other mental health	9.8*	–	8.4
Other paediatric specialties	14.8	–	12.3
Other surgical specialties	13.9	3.9 (shortest)	11.4
Other services	13.6	–	8.7
All specialties	13.2	8.8 (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.