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Compare hospitals for cardiology

Every NHS trust in England that reports cardiology, compared side by side. Waiting-list figures are for incomplete pathways (people still waiting to start treatment).

The best hospital depends on what matters most to you — a shorter wait, a better outcome, or a shorter journey. Sort by each to compare.

120 trusts. Data: June 2026. Source: NHS England RTT statistics. CQC inspection ratings aren't shown here — see each trust's profile page, linked from every row.

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#TrustMedian waitWithin 18 wks
1Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds4.4 wks96.9%
2United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln5.1 wks93.2%
3Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne6.2 wks92.8%
4Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield6.3 wks90.3%
5University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal6.5 wks84.6%
6North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool6.5 wks84.6%
7Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering6.6 wks87.6%
8South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland6.8 wks84.7%
9Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall6.8 wks94.7%
10Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley6.9 wks96.8%
11East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage7.0 wks94.0%
12University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham7.1 wks89.8%
13Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields7.3 wks97.8%
14Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester7.3 wks87.4%
15County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington7.4 wks82.4%
16South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick7.4 wks93.4%
17Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham7.6 wks85.1%
18Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton7.6 wks94.7%
19East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn7.8 wks88.2%
20Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester7.8 wks85.6%
21The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley7.8 wks85.8%
22Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool8.3 wks81.8%
23Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill8.3 wks84.0%
24Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon8.3 wks96.6%
25Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe8.3 wks82.1%
26West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds8.8 wks79.6%
27Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath8.9 wks80.5%
28Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield9.0 wks80.8%
29The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham9.0 wks87.9%
30Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby9.4 wks74.0%
31University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry9.5 wks76.0%
32Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley9.5 wks77.3%
33Barts Health NHS TrustLondon9.6 wks76.4%
34Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley9.6 wks72.9%
35East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester9.6 wks74.5%
36Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster9.6 wks83.5%
37George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton9.7 wks79.8%
38Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham9.8 wks79.0%
39Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading9.9 wks82.2%
40Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford9.9 wks78.3%
41University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole10.0 wks81.8%
42The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne10.0 wks76.8%
43Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes10.0 wks81.1%
44Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford10.1 wks77.8%
45Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth10.1 wks72.2%
46Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone10.1 wks78.2%
47Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon10.1 wks76.8%
48Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury10.1 wks77.9%
49University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton10.2 wks72.3%
50University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon10.2 wks69.9%
51Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford10.3 wks70.0%
52South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough10.4 wks76.2%
53West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford10.5 wks76.5%
54Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool10.5 wks75.8%
55University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby10.7 wks74.2%
56The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury10.9 wks72.4%
57Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames11.0 wks69.0%
58North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington11.0 wks73.8%
59Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral11.0 wks71.4%
60The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn11.4 wks68.7%
61Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield11.4 wks68.0%
62Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead11.5 wks71.1%
63Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon11.6 wks68.7%
64University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester11.6 wks67.2%
65King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.6 wks69.1%
66Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot11.7 wks73.3%
67London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow11.9 wks66.4%
68Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon11.9 wks69.4%
69Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston11.9 wks67.6%
70Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon11.9 wks67.9%
71The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow12.2 wks70.1%
72Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton12.4 wks67.7%
73Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey12.4 wks68.2%
74University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent12.7 wks61.4%
75Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath12.7 wks68.9%
76East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea12.9 wks66.5%
77Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan13.1 wks63.1%
78St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.2 wks62.9%
79Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford13.2 wks68.1%
80Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.2 wks70.3%
81Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea13.3 wks66.8%
82Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury13.3 wks64.1%
83Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford13.3 wks62.1%
84Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton13.4 wks67.1%
85Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield13.4 wks63.7%
86Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate13.4 wks65.5%
87Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro13.7 wks63.7%
88Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester13.8 wks61.5%
89Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCambridge13.8 wks60.0%
90York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork14.0 wks60.2%
91Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon14.1 wks60.0%
92Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon14.1 wks62.3%
93Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich14.2 wks60.7%
94Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton14.4 wks60.5%
95Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton14.6 wks61.6%
96Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol14.8 wks58.8%
97Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke14.8 wks58.8%
98North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle14.8 wks59.9%
99Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford14.8 wks60.9%
100University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing14.9 wks57.6%
101Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter14.9 wks56.7%
102The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton14.9 wks59.8%
103Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead14.9 wks58.3%
104University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustPlymouth15.3 wks57.8%
105Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester15.5 wks57.3%
106Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport15.9 wks55.6%
107East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield16.4 wks53.1%
108Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham16.5 wks53.5%
109North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough17.0 wks52.2%
110East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury17.2 wks51.9%
111Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull17.2 wks51.7%
112Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool17.3 wks52.0%
113Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham17.3 wks52.6%
114Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge17.4 wks51.3%
115James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth17.5 wks51.1%
116Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick18.4 wks49.1%
117The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge18.8 wks47.5%
118Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport19.4 wks46.9%
119Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton19.6 wks46.6%
120Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford20.5 wks42.9%

Tip: for planned care you can usually ask to be referred to any trust — one with a higher “% within 18 weeks” may treat you sooner. Your right to choose.

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