Compare Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS 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 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustLewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust England
General surgery 15.7 11.9 (shortest) 12.8
Urology 10.7 (shortest) 19.7 12.2
Orthopaedics 15.1 13.0 (shortest) 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 13.6 (shortest) 18.1 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) 8.4 – 10.4
Oral surgery 8.8 – 16.4
Neurosurgery 12.8 – 13.4
Plastic surgery – 7.3* 14.0
Cardiothoracic surgery 6.5* – 9.6
General medicine 10.0* 8.3 10.2
Gastroenterology 8.1 (shortest) 11.9 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 11.7 11.5 (shortest) 11.9
Dermatology (skin) 12.9 6.4 (shortest) 10.5
Respiratory medicine 5.9 (shortest) 10.2 10.4
Neurology 12.2 (shortest) 14.6 13.2
Rheumatology 12.7 8.4 (shortest) 10.9
Elderly medicine 6.8 (shortest) 7.7 7.6
Gynaecology 17.9 13.6 (shortest) 14.2
Other medical specialties 11.3 7.2 (shortest) 10.7
Other paediatric specialties 10.9 8.9 (shortest) 12.3
Other surgical specialties 12.6 (shortest) 15.5 11.4
Other services 8.6 7.0* 8.7
All specialties 11.8 (shortest) 12.5 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.