Compare East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, St Edmunds 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.

First provider Second provider Third provider (optional) Specialty

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty	East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust	St Edmunds Hospital	England
General surgery	15.8	9.7 (shortest)	12.8
Urology	14.3	9.7*	12.2
Orthopaedics	17.2	8.5 (shortest)	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	17.5	–	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	12.4	7.8*	10.4
Oral surgery	19.1	–	16.4
Plastic surgery	11.5	–	14.0
General medicine	24.6	–	10.2
Gastroenterology	10.9	4.5*	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	9.8	–	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	10.4	–	10.5
Respiratory medicine	8.7	–	10.4
Neurology	19.0	–	13.2
Rheumatology	14.5	–	10.9
Elderly medicine	4.0	–	7.6
Gynaecology	14.8	–	14.2
Other medical specialties	10.0	–	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	10.2	–	12.3
Other surgical specialties	8.5	–	11.4
Other services	7.1	–	8.7
All specialties	13.5	8.7 (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.