Compare West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Spire Bushey 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.

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Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty	West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Spire Bushey Hospital	England
General surgery	16.4	7.9 (shortest)	12.8
Urology	11.1	10.3*	12.2
Orthopaedics	16.9	7.5 (shortest)	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	19.6	4.0 (shortest)	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	14.4	–	10.4
Oral surgery	17.4	–	16.4
General medicine	5.2	–	10.2
Gastroenterology	8.6	7.5*	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	10.8	–	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	9.4	–	10.5
Respiratory medicine	8.2	–	10.4
Neurology	11.6	–	13.2
Rheumatology	10.3	–	10.9
Elderly medicine	6.0	–	7.6
Gynaecology	11.0	10.5*	14.2
Other medical specialties	9.2	–	10.7
Other mental health	1.7*	–	8.4
Other paediatric specialties	11.2	–	12.3
Other surgical specialties	9.9	9.3 (shortest)	11.4
Other services	6.0	–	8.7
All specialties	12.0	8.0 (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.