Compare The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Meriden 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.

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustMeriden Hospital England
General surgery 19.5 7.8 (shortest) 12.8
Urology 10.1 – 12.2
Orthopaedics 13.3 7.8 (shortest) 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 17.4 – 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) 13.2 – 10.4
Oral surgery 18.8 – 16.4
Neurosurgery – 4.8 13.4
Plastic surgery 9.6 – 14.0
General medicine 5.0* – 10.2
Gastroenterology 12.8 6.6 (shortest) 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 7.0 – 11.9
Dermatology (skin) 10.4 – 10.5
Respiratory medicine 9.3 – 10.4
Neurology 19.2 – 13.2
Rheumatology 8.1 – 10.9
Elderly medicine 8.9 – 7.6
Gynaecology 15.5 – 14.2
Other medical specialties 11.7 – 10.7
Other paediatric specialties 13.4 – 12.3
Other surgical specialties 8.3 – 11.4
Other services 17.1 1.7* 8.7
All specialties 13.0 7.2 (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.