Compare Fairfield Independent Hospital, Wirral University Teaching Hospital 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	Fairfield Independent Hospital	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	England
General surgery	9.3	6.4 (shortest)	12.8
Urology	12.5	10.0 (shortest)	12.2
Orthopaedics	10.3 (shortest)	14.9	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	4.0 (shortest)	17.2	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	10.8 (shortest)	14.8	10.4
Oral surgery	–	15.5	16.4
General medicine	–	3.6	10.2
Gastroenterology	10.0 (shortest)	12.8	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	–	10.8	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	–	13.3	10.5
Respiratory medicine	–	14.4	10.4
Rheumatology	–	17.7	10.9
Elderly medicine	–	4.8	7.6
Gynaecology	–	13.3	14.2
Other medical specialties	–	11.0	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	–	8.6	12.3
Other surgical specialties	–	12.6	11.4
Other services	–	5.8	8.7
All specialties	9.2 (shortest)	12.0	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.