Compare Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals 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 Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWorcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust England
General surgery 14.9 (shortest) 14.9 12.8
Urology – 14.9 12.2
Orthopaedics 11.9 (shortest) 19.3 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 11.9 (shortest) 18.8 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) 7.4 (shortest) 12.4 10.4
Oral surgery 14.7 (shortest) 24.8 16.4
Plastic surgery – 15.0* 14.0
General medicine – 13.5* 10.2
Gastroenterology 8.8 (shortest) 10.3 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 7.7 (shortest) 8.2 11.9
Dermatology (skin) 8.7 (shortest) 10.3 10.5
Respiratory medicine 8.3 (shortest) 12.2 10.4
Neurology 5.7 4.6 (shortest) 13.2
Rheumatology 13.6 8.1 (shortest) 10.9
Elderly medicine 4.7 4.5* 7.6
Gynaecology 9.3 (shortest) 15.3 14.2
Other medical specialties 11.9 (shortest) 12.0 10.7
Other paediatric specialties 9.7 (shortest) 10.0 12.3
Other surgical specialties 7.4 (shortest) 8.5 11.4
Other services 6.9 (shortest) 7.8 8.7
All specialties 10.3 (shortest) 13.8 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.