Compare Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Spamedica Wirral

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	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Spamedica Wirral	England
General surgery	6.4	–	12.8
Urology	10.0	–	12.2
Orthopaedics	14.9	–	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	17.2	–	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	14.8	5.4 (shortest)	10.4
Oral surgery	15.5	–	16.4
General medicine	3.6	–	10.2
Gastroenterology	12.8	–	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	10.8	–	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	13.3	–	10.5
Respiratory medicine	14.4	–	10.4
Rheumatology	17.7	–	10.9
Elderly medicine	4.8	–	7.6
Gynaecology	13.3	–	14.2
Other medical specialties	11.0	–	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	8.6	–	12.3
Other surgical specialties	12.6	–	11.4
Other services	5.8	–	8.7
All specialties	12.0	5.4 (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.