ShortestWait

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust Midlands Area: Derby and Derbyshire

At the end of August 2026, 26,728 patients were waiting for treatment at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 12.6 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
12.6 weeks
92% waiting less than
40.0 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
64%
Waiting over a year
492

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 1,300 23.7 wks 12.8 wks 54.9 wks 235th of 238
Urology 1,670 13.7 wks 12.2 wks 41.6 wks 141st of 180
Orthopaedics 2,398 16.9 wks 13.9 wks 46.0 wks 253rd of 299
Ear, nose and throat 2,390 10.9 wks 15.4 wks 33.1 wks 33rd of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 2,241 11.8 wks 10.4 wks 30.7 wks 246th of 301
Oral surgery 1,008 13.2 wks 16.4 wks 44.5 wks 34th of 112
General medicine 413 9.8 wks 10.2 wks 31.2 wks 44th of 62
Gastroenterology 1,610 10.0 wks 11.0 wks 38.3 wks 93rd of 166
Cardiology (heart) 814 10.4 wks 11.9 wks 33.0 wks 44th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 2,512 10.0 wks 10.5 wks 33.4 wks 55th of 111
Respiratory medicine 477 11.3 wks 10.4 wks 29.9 wks 81st of 120
Rheumatology 286 6.3 wks 10.9 wks 22.3 wks 16th of 120
Gynaecology 2,670 15.2 wks 14.2 wks 40.5 wks 123rd of 176
Other medical specialties 1,956 16.0 wks 10.7 wks 39.6 wks 138th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 1,993 12.2 wks 12.3 wks 31.6 wks 66th of 113
Other surgical specialties 2,990 12.2 wks 11.4 wks 39.8 wks 89th of 129

Rank 1st means the shortest median wait among providers with at least 50 patients waiting in that specialty.

Median wait across all specialties

  • Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 15.6 weeks to 12.6 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612.6 wks
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MonthChesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202612.612.2
July 202612.212
June 202612.611.9
May 202613.112.4
April 202612.611.9
March 202611.711.3
February 202614.813.2
January 202616.313.6
December 202516.213.5
November 202515.812.9
October 202515.313.3
September 202514.813.4
August 202514.713.5
July 20251413.1
June 202514.113.4
May 202514.613.6
April 202514.613.3
March 202515.113.9
February 202515.714.2
January 202515.814.5
December 202415.514.2
November 202415.314
October 202415.214.2
September 202415.614.4

Where it treats patients

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of figures for all its hospitals, so the waits above cover every site below.

Sites come from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Some clinics a trust runs inside other organisations' hospitals are not listed.

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