HospitalCheck

Compare hospitals for respiratory medicine

Every NHS trust in England that reports respiratory 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.

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
1Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton2.5 wks100.0%
2The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon3.5 wks100.0%
3East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn3.8 wks96.7%
4Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath4.2 wks98.8%
5Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon4.6 wks97.6%
6Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley4.9 wks95.4%
7Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds5.0 wks93.6%
8Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford5.1 wks94.8%
9Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford5.4 wks89.3%
10Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool5.4 wks92.9%
11The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne5.5 wks94.0%
12Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead5.5 wks87.9%
13University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal5.6 wks95.3%
14Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge5.8 wks96.8%
15Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCambridge6.0 wks95.5%
16Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester6.1 wks85.2%
17Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe6.1 wks84.5%
18Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley6.2 wks91.8%
19Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester6.5 wks93.3%
20East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage6.5 wks94.1%
21Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport6.6 wks94.3%
22Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth6.7 wks96.1%
23The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton6.9 wks89.3%
24Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon6.9 wks90.1%
25Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading7.0 wks91.2%
26University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon7.0 wks89.0%
27Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton7.1 wks86.0%
28South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough7.2 wks89.1%
29North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough7.3 wks78.1%
30Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne7.3 wks88.5%
31Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath7.4 wks89.6%
32Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick7.5 wks87.1%
33Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford7.5 wks87.4%
34The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley7.5 wks88.0%
35University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton7.6 wks85.4%
36Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering7.8 wks78.4%
37Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate7.8 wks92.1%
38Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro7.9 wks79.6%
39East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester8.0 wks80.0%
40The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham8.0 wks92.8%
41Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon8.1 wks84.1%
42United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln8.1 wks72.1%
43Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield8.1 wks78.7%
44Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes8.2 wks92.3%
45Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield8.3 wks90.6%
46Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall8.3 wks96.0%
47Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon8.4 wks80.4%
48Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton8.4 wks91.2%
49Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool8.7 wks83.7%
50Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield8.7 wks75.0%
51Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields8.8 wks95.3%
52George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton8.8 wks75.2%
53Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester8.8 wks80.1%
54Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham8.9 wks78.0%
55South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland9.0 wks77.4%
56University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing9.0 wks76.4%
57West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford9.0 wks85.4%
58Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford9.0 wks85.4%
59Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone9.1 wks80.6%
60Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham9.1 wks90.1%
61University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby9.2 wks78.9%
62Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon9.2 wks86.3%
63Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot9.2 wks83.6%
64University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester9.3 wks81.8%
65Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford9.3 wks77.5%
66Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby9.3 wks72.2%
67Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton9.3 wks77.5%
68Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport9.3 wks79.9%
69Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill9.6 wks73.7%
70Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham9.7 wks80.2%
71Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter9.8 wks71.9%
72Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol9.8 wks73.7%
73Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton10.0 wks69.0%
74Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead10.0 wks98.4%
75Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke10.1 wks75.0%
76The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow10.2 wks77.1%
77King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon10.5 wks75.1%
78Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield10.5 wks75.2%
79Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester10.6 wks77.5%
80Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames10.6 wks73.9%
81Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford10.8 wks71.3%
82Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury10.8 wks68.6%
83Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich10.9 wks67.9%
84North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington10.9 wks72.0%
85Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.0 wks74.7%
86University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent11.0 wks71.8%
87James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth11.0 wks72.6%
88West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds11.0 wks73.8%
89Barts Health NHS TrustLondon11.1 wks70.9%
90East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea11.1 wks72.1%
91Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull11.2 wks69.3%
92North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool11.2 wks68.3%
93University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry11.3 wks71.9%
94Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey11.4 wks68.5%
95Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley11.5 wks62.1%
96University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustPlymouth11.6 wks67.1%
97The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge11.7 wks73.3%
98University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham11.8 wks66.4%
99Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford11.8 wks67.7%
100Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan11.9 wks68.0%
101Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton12.6 wks67.7%
102St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon12.8 wks62.6%
103University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole12.8 wks65.5%
104County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington12.9 wks64.0%
105North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle12.9 wks62.5%
106Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.5 wks61.7%
107The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury13.5 wks68.3%
108London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow13.6 wks61.7%
109Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea13.8 wks62.1%
110Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham13.8 wks60.3%
111Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon14.0 wks58.7%
112Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool14.3 wks59.4%
113Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury15.0 wks62.0%
114Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral15.2 wks57.4%
115The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn15.4 wks55.5%
116Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster16.0 wks55.2%
117East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield17.2 wks51.4%
118East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury17.8 wks50.5%
119York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork18.7 wks48.5%
120South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick19.6 wks46.7%

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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