Compare East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, East Sussex Healthcare NHS 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 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustEast Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust England
General surgery 13.7 10.9 (shortest) 12.8
Urology 11.0 (shortest) 15.8 12.2
Orthopaedics 20.7 9.5 (shortest) 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 21.2 13.8 (shortest) 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) 13.4 8.8 (shortest) 10.4
Oral surgery 25.8 17.6 (shortest) 16.4
Cardiothoracic surgery 11.5* – 9.6
General medicine 5.0* 1.1* 10.2
Gastroenterology 13.0 8.6 (shortest) 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 17.9 13.0 (shortest) 11.9
Dermatology (skin) 8.9 4.1 (shortest) 10.5
Respiratory medicine 20.0 13.6 (shortest) 10.4
Neurology 12.4 10.5 (shortest) 13.2
Rheumatology 21.6 7.0 (shortest) 10.9
Elderly medicine 7.6 6.8 (shortest) 7.6
Gynaecology 16.3 16.1 (shortest) 14.2
Other medical specialties 10.1 (shortest) 12.1 10.7
Other paediatric specialties 4.7 (shortest) 13.0 12.3
Other surgical specialties 16.7 6.2 (shortest) 11.4
Other services 14.9 8.0 (shortest) 8.7
All specialties 15.7 11.3 (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.