Compare Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oaklands 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.

First provider Second provider Third provider (optional) Specialty

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty	Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Oaklands Hospital	England
General surgery	20.0	8.9 (shortest)	12.8
Urology	12.4	9.3 (shortest)	12.2
Orthopaedics	16.2	10.4 (shortest)	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	13.6	–	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	9.2	–	10.4
Oral surgery	17.1	–	16.4
Neurosurgery	13.3	–	13.4
Plastic surgery	15.6	–	14.0
General medicine	19.2	–	10.2
Gastroenterology	19.7	6.3 (shortest)	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	11.9	3.5*	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	8.9	–	10.5
Respiratory medicine	12.8	–	10.4
Neurology	17.5	–	13.2
Elderly medicine	6.8	–	7.6
Gynaecology	13.1	–	14.2
Other medical specialties	14.6	–	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	18.0	–	12.3
Other surgical specialties	13.4	–	11.4
Other services	4.8	–	8.7
All specialties	14.2	9.9 (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.