HospitalCheck

Hospitals with the biggest maintenance backlog

The estimated cost to bring each hospital's buildings and equipment up to standard — a measure of deferred investment.

296 hospitals · Ranked highest first. Source: NHS England Estates Returns Information Collection.

#HospitalBacklog
1Charing Cross HospitalLondon£426m
2Airedale General HospitalKeighley£319m
3St Thomas' HospitalLondon£308m
4Northwick Park HospitalHarrow£304m
5St Mary's HospitalLondon£296m
6Queen Elizabeth Hospital BirminghamBirmingham£269m
7The Whittington HospitalLondon£184m
8Croydon University HospitalCroydon£180m
9North Manchester General HospitalManchester£169m
10Whipps Cross University HospitalLondon£167m
11John Radcliffe HospitalOxford£167m
12Royal Berkshire HospitalReading£161m
13Wycombe HospitalHigh Wycombe£155m
14Ealing HospitalSouthall£154m
15Southampton General HospitalSouthampton£148m
16Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds£141m
17Musgrove Park HospitalTaunton£136m
18Hammersmith HospitalsLondon£132m
19Guy's HospitalLondon£131m
20The Royal Free HospitalLondon£131m
21Homerton University HospitalLondon£130m
22Royal Bolton HospitalBolton£129m
23The Queen Elizabeth HospitalKings Lynn£128m
24University Hospital of North TeesStockton On Tees£126m
25James Paget HospitalGreat Yarmouth£119m
26Doncaster Royal InfirmaryDoncaster£116m
27West Suffolk HospitalBury St Edmunds£109m
28Medway Maritime HospitalGillingham£108m
29Royal Hallamshire HospitalSheffield£106m
30Royal Victoria InfirmaryNewcastle Upon Tyne£106m
31St George's Hospital (Tooting)London£106m
32Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford)Exeter£106m
33Luton and Dunstable HospitalLuton£101m
34Eastbourne District General HospitalEastbourne£94.4m
35The National Hospital for Neurology and NeurosurgeryLondon£93.8m
36St James's University HospitalLeeds£93.0m
37Kent & Canterbury HospitalCanterbury£88.3m
38The Ipswich HospitalIpswich£87.1m
39Leicester Royal InfirmaryLeicester£86.3m
40William Harvey HospitalAshford£85.1m
41The Hillingdon HospitalUxbridge£83.8m
42Derriford HospitalPlymouth£82.6m
43Salisbury District HospitalSalisbury£82.0m
44Birmingham Heartlands HospitalBirmingham£81.7m
45Royal United Hospital BathBath£73.8m
46University College Hospital at Westmoreland StreetLondon£71.7m
47Freeman HospitalNewcastle Upon Tyne£71.3m
48Conquest HospitalSt Leonards On Sea£69.7m
49Hull Royal InfirmaryHull£69.3m
50Watford General HospitalWatford£68.2m
51Hemel Hempstead General HospitalHemel Hempstead£65.4m
52The Princess Alexandra HospitalHarlow£65.0m
53University Hospital LewishamLondon£63.5m
54Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother HospitalMargate£62.9m
55Mount Vernon HospitalNorthwood£62.5m
56Queen Elizabeth HospitalGateshead£62.4m
57Hinchingbrooke HospitalHuntingdon£61.9m
58Tameside General HospitalAshton Under Lyne£60.6m
59Churchill HospitalOxford£60.5m
60Queens HospitalBurton-on-trent£59.8m
61Sheffield Children's HospitalSheffield£58.8m
62St Peter's HospitalChertsey£58.6m
63Bradford Royal InfirmaryBradford£57.9m
64King George HospitalIlford£57.0m
65Dorset County HospitalDorchester£56.5m
66Gloucestershire Royal HospitalGloucester£56.5m
67Lister HospitalStevenage£55.6m
68The York HospitalYork£54.7m
69Wexham Park HospitalSlough£54.4m
70Royal Preston HospitalPreston£54.1m
71Kettering General HospitalKettering£53.8m
72Basingstoke and North Hampshire HospitalBasingstoke£52.9m
73Warwick HospitalWarwick£52.7m
74St Luke's HospitalBradford£52.5m
75Torbay HospitalTorquay£52.4m
76Dewsbury and District HospitalDewsbury£52.2m
77Royal Sussex County HospitalBrighton£50.9m
78Lincoln County HospitalLincoln£50.5m
79Princess Royal HospitalHaywards Heath£50.4m
80Frimley Park HospitalCamberley£50.3m
81Royal Surrey County HospitalGuildford£49.8m
82The Countess of Chester HospitalChester£49.4m
83Good Hope HospitalSutton Coldfield£49.0m
84Pilgrim HospitalBoston£48.2m
85Royal Hampshire County HospitalWinchester£47.3m
86Maidstone HospitalMaidstone£45.8m
87Royal Cornwall HospitalTruro£45.4m
88Alexandra HospitalRedditch£43.3m
89Arrowe Park HospitalWirral£42.9m
90North Devon District HospitalBarnstaple£42.8m
91New Cross HospitalWolverhampton£42.5m
92St Richard's HospitalChichester£42.1m
93Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryHuddersfield£41.9m
94Birmingham Children's HospitalBirmingham£41.8m
95Darlington Memorial HospitalDarlington£41.7m
96Epsom General HospitalEpsom£41.4m
97Northampton General HospitalNorthampton£41.4m
98St Bartholomew's HospitalLondon£41.1m
99Salford Royal HospitalSalford£39.3m
100South Tyneside District HospitalSouth Shields£38.5m
101Sunderland Royal HospitalSunderland£38.0m
102Scunthorpe General HospitalScunthorpe£37.3m
103Royal Oldham HospitalOldham£36.7m
104Horton General HospitalBanbury£35.0m
105Ashford HospitalAshford£34.8m
106Royal Shrewsbury HospitalShrewsbury£34.6m
107Colchester General HospitalColchester£34.4m
108University Hospital AintreeLiverpool£34.4m
109The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Stanmore)Stanmore£34.3m
110Solihull HospitalSolihull£34.3m
111Milton Keynes HospitalMilton Keynes£34.0m
112Wythenshawe HospitalManchester£33.2m
113Worthing HospitalWorthing£33.0m
114Manor HospitalWalsall£32.9m
115North Tyneside General HospitalNorth Shields£31.6m
116St Mary's HospitalNewport£31.5m
117Warrington HospitalWarrington£31.2m
118Harrogate District HospitalHarrogate£30.4m
119Leicester General HospitalLeicester£29.3m
120Birmingham Women's HospitalBirmingham£28.2m
121Weston General HospitalWeston-super-mare£28.2m
122Western Eye HospitalLondon£27.7m
123Poole HospitalPoole£27.6m
124Grantham and District HospitalGrantham£27.3m
125Southend University HospitalWestcliff On Sea£27.3m
126St Albans City HospitalSt Albans£27.3m
127County HospitalStafford£26.4m
128Bridlington HospitalBridlington£26.3m
129Scarborough HospitalScarborough£25.9m
130Blackpool Victoria HospitalBlackpool£25.6m
131University Hospital of HartlepoolHartlepool£25.5m
132Burnley General HospitalBurnley£24.8m
133Hospital of St CrossRugby£24.8m
134Wansbeck General HospitalAshington£24.4m
135Yeovil District HospitalYeovil£23.7m
136Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryWigan£23.6m
137Barnsley HospitalBarnsley£23.3m
138Royal Stoke University HospitalStoke On Trent£23.2m
139Cheltenham General HospitalCheltenham£23.0m
140The Royal Bournemouth HospitalBournemouth£22.9m
141Fairfield General HospitalBury£22.2m
142The James Cook University HospitalMiddlesbrough£22.0m
143Castle Hill HospitalHull£22.0m
144The Queen Victoria Hospital (East Grinstead)East Grinstead£21.3m
145Rochdale InfirmaryRochdale£21.0m
146The Princess Royal HospitalTelford£20.8m
147Furness General HospitalBarrow In Furness£20.4m
148Glenfield HospitalLeicester£20.2m
149Trafford General HospitalManchester£19.9m
150Florence Nightingale Community HospitalDerby£18.4m
151Clatterbridge HospitalWirral£18.3m
152Rotherham General HospitalRotherham£18.0m
153Cannock Chase HospitalCannock£17.7m
154Diana Princess of Wales HospitalGrimsby£17.7m
155Basildon University HospitalBasildon£17.6m
156The Christie Main SiteManchester£17.4m
157Southport and Formby District General HospitalSouthport£17.4m
158Friarage HospitalNorthallerton£17.3m
159Princess Anne HospitalSouthampton£17.1m
160Chelsea and Westminster HospitalLondon£16.7m
161The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt HospitalGobowen£15.5m
162Pinderfields HospitalWakefield£15.1m
163Leigh InfirmaryLeigh£14.8m
164Seacroft HospitalLeeds£14.6m
165Royal Lancaster InfirmaryLancaster£14.5m
166The Royal Marsden - LondonLondon£14.4m
167Ormskirk District General HospitalOrmskirk£14.1m
168Macclesfield District General HospitalMacclesfield£14.0m
169Liverpool Heart and Chest HospitalLiverpool£13.4m
170Barnet General HospitalBarnet£13.2m
171Great Ormond Street HospitalLondon£13.2m
172New Royal Liverpool UniversityLiverpool£11.9m
173Goole & District HospitalGoole£11.3m
174Andover War Memorial HospitalAndover£11.2m
175Broadgreen HospitalLiverpool£10.9m
176Southlands HospitalShoreham By Sea£10.0m
177Dental Hospital ManchesterManchester£10.0m
178Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Heavitree)Exeter£9.9m
179Liverpool Women's HospitalLiverpool£9.6m
180St Peter's HospitalMaldon£8.7m
181Evesham Community HospitalEvesham£8.6m
182Orsett HospitalGrays£7.9m
183Great Western HospitalSwindon£7.8m
184Worcestershire Royal HospitalWorcester£7.5m
185Chorley and South Ribble HospitalChorley£7.2m
186Ryegate Children's CentreSheffield£7.2m
187West Cornwall HospitalPenzance£7.1m
188The Royal Orthopaedic HospitalBirmingham£7.1m
189Chase Farm HospitalEnfield£7.0m
190Royal Blackburn HospitalBlackburn£7.0m
191Princess Royal University HospitalOrpington£6.4m
192Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield£6.3m
193Westmorland General HospitalKendal£6.1m
194West Middlesex University HospitalIsleworth£6.0m
195Chapel Allerton HospitalLeeds£6.0m
196Orpington HospitalOrpington£5.9m
197Bexhill HospitalBexhill On Sea£5.9m
198Montagu Hospital, MexboroughMexborough£5.1m
199Dereham HospitalDereham£4.8m
200Stamford & Rutland HospitalStamford£4.8m
201Kelling HospitalHolt£4.3m
202Weston Park HospitalSheffield£4.0m
203Victoria InfirmaryNorthwich£3.9m
204Queen Victoria Memorial HospitalHerne Bay£3.9m
205Peterborough City HospitalPeterborough£3.7m
206Hexham General HospitalHexham£3.6m
207Loughborough HospitalLoughborough£3.5m
208Sir Robert Peel Community HospitalTamworth£3.3m
209Rowley Regis HospitalRowley Regis£2.8m
210Purley War Memorial HospitalPurley£2.7m
211Weymouth Community HospitalWeymouth£2.5m
212Amersham HospitalAmersham£2.5m
213Congleton War Memorial HospitalCongleton£2.5m
214Newmarket HospitalNewmarket£2.4m
215St Michael's HospitalHayle£2.4m
216University Hospital North DurhamDurham£2.3m
217Stratford HospitalStratford Upon Avon£2.3m
218Penrith Community HospitalPenrith£2.2m
219Tonbridge Cottage HospitalTonbridge£2.2m
220Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care HospitalCramlington£2.1m
221Princess of Wales HospitalEly£2.1m
222Nuffield Orthopaedic CentreOxford£1.9m
223Coalville Community HospitalCoalville£1.6m
224Dawlish HospitalDawlish£1.5m
225Totnes HospitalTotnes£1.4m
226Stroud General HospitalStroud£1.3m
227Samuel Johnson Community HospitalLichfield£1.3m
228Teignmouth HospitalTeignmouth£1.2m
229Ashburton and Buckfastleigh HospitalAshburton£1.2m
230Rutland Memorial HospitalOakham£1.2m
231Barnstaple Health CentreBarnstaple£1.2m
232Yeatman HospitalSherborne£1.1m
233Burnham on Sea War Memorial HospitalBurnham On Sea£1.1m
234Buckland HospitalDover£1.0m
235Cambridge IVFCambridge£950k
236Bridport Community HospitalBridport£932k
237Pershore Community HospitalPershore£904k
238Malvern Community HospitalMalvern£863k
239Mardon Neuro-rehabilitation CentreExeter£839k
240Frome Community HospitalFrome£832k
241Fleetwood HospitalFleetwood£789k
242The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at PemburyTunbridge Wells£786k
243Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental HospitalsLondon£685k
244Gilbert Hitchcock HouseBedford£670k
245South Hams Hospital (Kingsbridge Hospital)Kingsbridge£639k
246Arundel and District HospitalArundel£632k
247Hadley Wood HospitalBarnet£628k
248Ogden Court Community HospitalWymondham£586k
249Christchurch HospitalChristchurch£584k
250Portland HospitalPortland£584k
251Helston Community HospitalHelston£579k
252Ruth Lancaster James Community HospitalAlston£565k
253Swaffham Community HospitalSwaffham£561k
254North Walsham HospitalNorth Walsham£550k
255Central Middlesex HospitalLondon£543k
256St Barnabas HospitalSaltash£534k
257Kenilworth Road Diagnostic Centre (PPU)Liverpool£531k
258Knutsford and District Community HospitalKnutsford£512k
259Westhaven HospitalWeymouth£494k
260St Andrews CentreBillericay£473k
261St Austell Community HospitalSt Austell£444k
262Ropewalk HouseNottingham£426k
263Bridgwater Community HospitalBridgwater£415k
264Victoria Hospital, WimborneWimborne£403k
265Leominster Community HospitalLeominster£342k
266Tavistock HospitalTavistock£335k
267Devonshire Centre for Neuro-rehabilitationStockport£329k
268Cromer HospitalCromer£314k
269Midland Metropolitan University HospitalSmethwick£300k
270Cumberland InfirmaryCarlisle£296k
271Queen Charlottes and Chelsea HospitalLondon£283k
272Camborne and Redruth Community HospitalRedruth£283k
273Liskeard Community HospitalLiskeard£281k
274Thomas Linacre CentreWigan£278k
275Falmouth HospitalFalmouth£258k
276York CentreLiverpool£245k
277Stroud Maternity HospitalStroud£240k
278Minnie Kidd HouseLondon£234k
279Pulross Intermediate Care CentreLondon£223k
280Heatherwood HospitalAscot£222k
281Swanage Community HospitalSwanage£202k
282Newquay Community HospitalNewquay£199k
283Launceston Community HospitalLaunceston£186k
284Bromyard Community HospitalBromyard£181k
285Selby War Memorial HospitalSelby£142k
286The Clatterbridge Cancer CentreWirral£140k
287Nightingale Hospital ExeterExeter£128k
288Isles of Scilly HospitalIsle Of Scilly£122k
289Stratton HospitalBude£114k
290St Mary's HospitalPortsmouth£107k
291Harrogate Satellite Renal UnitHarrogate£105k
292Sydenham Satellite Dialysis UnitLondon£71k
293Bromley Satellite Dialysis UnitBromley£26k
294Brampton War Memorial HospitalBrampton£21k
295Bexhill Community Diagnostic CentreBexhill-on-sea£7k
296Clitheroe Community HospitalClitheroe£6k
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Figures are per hospital site, from NHS England's Estates Returns Information Collection, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See methodology for definitions and caveats.