Compare East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Spire Elland 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 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustSpire Elland Hospital England
General surgery 12.3 6.8 (shortest) 12.8
Urology 6.7 (shortest) 6.7 12.2
Orthopaedics 7.4 (shortest) 8.8 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 7.4 – 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) 11.8 – 10.4
Oral surgery 11.1 – 16.4
Plastic surgery – 5.5* 14.0
General medicine 9.5* – 10.2
Gastroenterology 5.9 – 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 7.1 – 11.9
Dermatology (skin) 13.0 – 10.5
Respiratory medicine 4.9 – 10.4
Rheumatology 11.9 – 10.9
Elderly medicine 2.6 – 7.6
Gynaecology 14.1 5.9 (shortest) 14.2
Other medical specialties 10.1 – 10.7
Other paediatric specialties 10.0 – 12.3
Other surgical specialties 8.6 6.5 (shortest) 11.4
Other services 3.8* – 8.7
All specialties 9.4 7.6 (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.