Compare Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Spamedica Dorchester

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	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Spamedica Dorchester	England
General surgery	19.6	–	12.8
Urology	11.9	–	12.2
Orthopaedics	19.4	–	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	15.3	–	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	10.8	6.7 (shortest)	10.4
Oral surgery	16.6	–	16.4
General medicine	11.5*	–	10.2
Gastroenterology	10.5	–	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	18.5	–	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	9.8	–	10.5
Respiratory medicine	11.2	–	10.4
Elderly medicine	8.2	–	7.6
Gynaecology	12.8	–	14.2
Other medical specialties	13.3	–	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	16.0	–	12.3
Other surgical specialties	7.8	–	11.4
Other services	0.5*	–	8.7
All specialties	14.1	6.7 (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.