Compare Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Medway 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.

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty Lewisham and Greenwich NHS TrustMedway NHS Foundation Trust England
General surgery 11.9 (shortest) 12.2 12.8
Urology 19.7 10.0 (shortest) 12.2
Orthopaedics 13.0 (shortest) 16.8 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 18.1 12.6 (shortest) 15.4
Plastic surgery 7.3* – 14.0
General medicine 8.3 (shortest) 8.9 10.2
Gastroenterology 11.9 11.6 (shortest) 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 11.5 (shortest) 19.0 11.9
Dermatology (skin) 6.4 – 10.5
Respiratory medicine 10.2 (shortest) 14.3 10.4
Neurology 14.6 (shortest) 30.0 13.2
Rheumatology 8.4 (shortest) 29.5 10.9
Elderly medicine 7.7 2.8 (shortest) 7.6
Gynaecology 13.6 (shortest) 14.8 14.2
Other medical specialties 7.2 (shortest) 14.6 10.7
Other paediatric specialties 8.9 (shortest) 12.1 12.3
Other surgical specialties 15.5 6.7 (shortest) 11.4
Other services 7.0* 7.1 8.7
All specialties 12.5 (shortest) 14.8 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.