Compare The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Countess of Chester Hospital 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 The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCountess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust England
General surgery – 12.1 12.8
Urology – 10.2 12.2
Orthopaedics 20.9 11.4 (shortest) 13.9
Ear, nose and throat – 13.1 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) – 11.4 10.4
Oral surgery – 19.1 16.4
Plastic surgery – 7.7 14.0
General medicine 10.8 3.6 (shortest) 10.2
Gastroenterology – 8.5 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 0.5* 8.3 11.9
Dermatology (skin) – 9.9 10.5
Respiratory medicine – 9.2 10.4
Neurology 27.6* – 13.2
Rheumatology 8.4 (shortest) 10.0 10.9
Elderly medicine 8.5* 6.2 7.6
Gynaecology – 12.7 14.2
Other medical specialties 10.0 (shortest) 10.7 10.7
Other paediatric specialties 15.8 – 12.3
Other surgical specialties – 12.6 11.4
Other services 5.5 (shortest) 9.1 8.7
All specialties 16.0 11.4 (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.