Compare University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Nuffield Health, Leicester 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 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation TrustNuffield Health, Leicester Hospital England
General surgery 14.3 4.8* 12.8
Urology 11.0 – 12.2
Orthopaedics 18.5 5.4 (shortest) 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 17.5 – 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) 13.0 – 10.4
Oral surgery 10.9 – 16.4
Neurosurgery 14.4 – 13.4
Plastic surgery 8.0 18.5* 14.0
Cardiothoracic surgery 10.8* – 9.6
General medicine 11.5* – 10.2
Gastroenterology 8.5 – 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 12.4 – 11.9
Dermatology (skin) 10.8 – 10.5
Respiratory medicine 10.6 – 10.4
Neurology 16.3 – 13.2
Rheumatology 8.3 – 10.9
Elderly medicine 6.3 – 7.6
Gynaecology 14.4 – 14.2
Other medical specialties 11.5 – 10.7
Other mental health 9.0* – 8.4
Other paediatric specialties 15.4 – 12.3
Other surgical specialties 12.2 – 11.4
Other services 8.0 – 8.7
All specialties 13.6 5.5 (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.