HospitalCheck

Compare hospitals for elderly medicine

Every NHS trust in England that reports elderly medicine, 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.

115 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
1Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport1.5 wks100.0%
2St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon2.2 wks100.0%
3East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn2.3 wks100.0%
4Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton2.5 wks100.0%
5Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustStafford2.7 wks100.0%
6London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow3.0 wks97.7%
7Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham3.1 wks96.8%
8Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick3.3 wks96.2%
9Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames3.5 wks100.0%
10The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham3.7 wks97.3%
11Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds3.8 wks100.0%
12Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton3.9 wks100.0%
13Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield4.0 wks100.0%
14Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge4.0 wks93.6%
15Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich4.0 wks100.0%
16University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustPlymouth4.0 wks92.9%
17The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn4.2 wks93.9%
18Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster4.3 wks88.8%
19James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth4.3 wks100.0%
20Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields4.4 wks99.8%
21Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke4.4 wks93.4%
22The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton4.4 wks95.7%
23Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth4.4 wks86.2%
24York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork4.5 wks97.3%
25Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford4.5 wks93.5%
26Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall4.5 wks97.0%
27Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon4.5 wks100.0%
28Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool4.5 wks92.1%
29University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby4.6 wks90.6%
30Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone4.6 wks99.4%
31Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford4.6 wks94.0%
32University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal4.7 wks96.0%
33Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley4.7 wks97.3%
34Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham4.8 wks100.0%
35Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon4.8 wks93.6%
36Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport4.8 wks98.0%
37South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough4.8 wks100.0%
38Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham5.0 wks93.0%
39The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne5.0 wks98.2%
40East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea5.2 wks97.2%
41Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby5.3 wks86.7%
42East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester5.4 wks96.3%
43Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon5.4 wks95.0%
44Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath5.5 wks97.3%
45Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley5.5 wks91.1%
46Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath5.6 wks95.8%
47University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry5.6 wks93.9%
48Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon5.8 wks91.5%
49King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon5.8 wks95.8%
50Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull5.8 wks79.6%
51Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes5.8 wks100.0%
52Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral5.9 wks96.4%
53Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro6.1 wks92.3%
54Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate6.3 wks91.5%
55University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon6.3 wks96.9%
56Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford6.4 wks93.0%
57Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford6.4 wks90.1%
58Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol6.4 wks90.5%
59Barts Health NHS TrustLondon6.4 wks91.6%
60The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustOswestry6.4 wks96.8%
61Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead6.5 wks94.8%
62Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne6.5 wks100.0%
63South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland6.6 wks80.9%
64County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington6.6 wks93.6%
65University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton6.6 wks95.3%
66The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley6.7 wks91.2%
67Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon6.8 wks98.5%
68The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge6.8 wks92.5%
69West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds6.8 wks100.0%
70Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford6.9 wks85.8%
71The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury7.0 wks99.6%
72East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury7.2 wks87.0%
73Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter7.2 wks86.3%
74University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent7.2 wks96.4%
75University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester7.3 wks83.8%
76Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston7.3 wks91.1%
77Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea7.4 wks77.2%
78Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester7.4 wks96.4%
79University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham7.5 wks90.3%
80Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon7.5 wks92.0%
81North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool7.5 wks91.2%
82Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford7.5 wks74.5%
83Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton7.6 wks85.4%
84Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester7.6 wks88.9%
85North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough7.8 wks76.0%
86East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage8.1 wks81.2%
87University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole8.3 wks81.3%
88South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick8.3 wks96.8%
89West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford8.3 wks94.8%
90The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow8.3 wks85.7%
91Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot8.5 wks85.2%
92Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe8.5 wks95.5%
93Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield9.2 wks80.2%
94Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon9.3 wks69.3%
95Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon9.4 wks81.2%
96George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton9.4 wks85.1%
97Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton9.5 wks77.0%
98Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering9.5 wks71.6%
99Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley9.6 wks85.2%
100East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield10.0 wks70.0%
101Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill10.1 wks80.7%
102Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey10.1 wks78.7%
103Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton10.2 wks76.6%
104Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester10.3 wks70.0%
105North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle11.3 wks71.1%
106United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln11.8 wks69.0%
107Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester11.9 wks60.8%
108University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing12.2 wks66.0%
109Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury12.4 wks68.2%
110Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton13.3 wks64.0%
111Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan13.5 wks67.2%
112Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield13.8 wks58.9%
113North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington14.8 wks62.1%
114Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool16.1 wks55.4%
115Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham16.9 wks53.6%

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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