Compare Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet

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.

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Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty	Somerset NHS Foundation Trust	Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet	England
General surgery	12.2	13.3*	12.8
Urology	16.8	5.7 (shortest)	12.2
Orthopaedics	12.7 (shortest)	13.1	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	15.7	14.3 (shortest)	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	8.6	7.7 (shortest)	10.4
Oral surgery	23.9	–	16.4
Plastic surgery	8.4	–	14.0
Cardiothoracic surgery	4.8*	–	9.6
General medicine	12.0	–	10.2
Gastroenterology	11.4	3.2 (shortest)	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	10.3	–	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	8.6	–	10.5
Respiratory medicine	7.8	–	10.4
Neurology	7.4	–	13.2
Rheumatology	14.7	–	10.9
Elderly medicine	11.3	–	7.6
Gynaecology	16.0	11.8 (shortest)	14.2
Other medical specialties	8.7	–	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	11.1	–	12.3
Other surgical specialties	12.5	–	11.4
Other services	5.4	–	8.7
All specialties	12.0	10.2 (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.