Compare The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust, Boston West Hospital

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 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustBoston West Hospital England
General surgery 14.6 9.0 (shortest) 12.8
Urology 11.5 9.0 (shortest) 12.2
Orthopaedics 15.9 (shortest) 17.7 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 14.4 – 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) 11.9 10.6 (shortest) 10.4
Oral surgery 8.0 – 16.4
Plastic surgery 7.6 – 14.0
General medicine 5.1 – 10.2
Gastroenterology 8.8 8.0 (shortest) 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 11.9 – 11.9
Dermatology (skin) 14.2 – 10.5
Respiratory medicine 17.5 – 10.4
Neurology 16.0 – 13.2
Rheumatology 11.0 13.5* 10.9
Elderly medicine 4.8* – 7.6
Gynaecology 10.2 (shortest) 13.1 14.2
Other medical specialties 7.4 – 10.7
Other paediatric specialties 10.6 – 12.3
Other surgical specialties 9.5 – 11.4
Other services 22.6 24.5* 8.7
All specialties 12.0 (shortest) 13.0 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.