Compare Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children 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.

First provider Second provider Third provider (optional) Specialty

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust	England
General surgery	16.3	–	12.8
Urology	13.5	–	12.2
Orthopaedics	20.8	–	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	17.1	–	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	11.8	–	10.4
Oral surgery	22.4	–	16.4
Plastic surgery	15.0	–	14.0
General medicine	5.6	–	10.2
Gastroenterology	10.2	–	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	15.5	–	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	16.5	–	10.5
Respiratory medicine	12.0	–	10.4
Neurology	15.8	–	13.2
Rheumatology	8.6	–	10.9
Elderly medicine	8.0	–	7.6
Gynaecology	12.3	–	14.2
Other medical specialties	9.2	8.1 (shortest)	10.7
Other mental health	–	28.5	8.4
Other paediatric specialties	15.1	13.6 (shortest)	12.3
Other surgical specialties	9.9	15.3*	11.4
Other services	12.7 (shortest)	14.5	8.7
All specialties	14.5	11.8 (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.