Compare North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, The Christie NHS Foundation 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.

First provider Second provider Third provider (optional) Specialty

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty	North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust	The Christie NHS Foundation Trust	England
General surgery	10.5	–	12.8
Urology	11.4	7.5 (shortest)	12.2
Orthopaedics	17.3	–	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	16.5	–	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	9.1	–	10.4
Plastic surgery	–	3.7	14.0
General medicine	5.5	–	10.2
Gastroenterology	11.0	–	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	9.3	–	11.9
Respiratory medicine	10.7	–	10.4
Rheumatology	14.0	–	10.9
Elderly medicine	14.0	–	7.6
Gynaecology	13.4	5.0*	14.2
Other medical specialties	15.1	4.1 (shortest)	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	10.1	–	12.3
Other surgical specialties	12.9	7.0 (shortest)	11.4
Other services	19.5	–	8.7
All specialties	12.5	4.3 (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.