Compare Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Independent Health Group

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.

First provider Second provider Third provider (optional) Specialty

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty	Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	Independent Health Group	England
General surgery	12.2	4.5 (shortest)	12.8
Urology	11.4	3.3*	12.2
Orthopaedics	14.8	6.6 (shortest)	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	10.9	–	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	–	4.9	10.4
Oral surgery	10.1	–	16.4
Plastic surgery	16.4	–	14.0
General medicine	6.3*	–	10.2
Gastroenterology	6.7	–	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	13.6	–	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	9.6	–	10.5
Respiratory medicine	4.4	–	10.4
Neurology	4.6	–	13.2
Rheumatology	3.4	–	10.9
Elderly medicine	4.9	–	7.6
Gynaecology	9.5	–	14.2
Other medical specialties	7.9	–	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	9.2	–	12.3
Other surgical specialties	1.8	–	11.4
Other services	2.8*	–	8.7
All specialties	9.7	5.1 (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.