Compare Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation 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 Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCountess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust England
General surgery – 12.1 12.8
Urology – 10.2 12.2
Orthopaedics – 11.4 13.9
Ear, nose and throat – 13.1 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) – 11.4 10.4
Oral surgery – 19.1 16.4
Plastic surgery – 7.7 14.0
Cardiothoracic surgery 13.1 – 9.6
General medicine – 3.6 10.2
Gastroenterology – 8.5 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 8.6 8.3 (shortest) 11.9
Dermatology (skin) – 9.9 10.5
Respiratory medicine 5.1 (shortest) 9.2 10.4
Rheumatology – 10.0 10.9
Elderly medicine – 6.2 7.6
Gynaecology – 12.7 14.2
Other medical specialties 7.6 (shortest) 10.7 10.7
Other surgical specialties – 12.6 11.4
Other services – 9.1 8.7
All specialties 8.6 (shortest) 11.4 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.