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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.

119 trusts. Data: August 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 TrustSouthampton3.3 wks100.0%
2Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate4.3 wks92.9%
3Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon4.4 wks98.0%
4The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne4.6 wks94.8%
5Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds4.9 wks94.0%
6East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn4.9 wks97.3%
7Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley4.9 wks94.1%
8Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool5.1 wks94.5%
9Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath5.7 wks98.1%
10Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford5.9 wks95.6%
11Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead6.1 wks86.6%
12Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth6.2 wks96.9%
13Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley6.6 wks88.0%
14Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford6.7 wks91.1%
15Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham6.8 wks88.6%
16East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage6.8 wks91.3%
17Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe6.9 wks91.0%
18University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon7.1 wks88.0%
19Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport7.1 wks92.3%
20George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton7.1 wks87.6%
21Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCambridge7.2 wks92.9%
22Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading7.2 wks89.9%
23Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge7.2 wks96.2%
24University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal7.2 wks90.6%
25Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester7.3 wks92.3%
26North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough7.4 wks80.5%
27Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath7.4 wks92.4%
28Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford7.6 wks89.1%
29Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes7.6 wks90.2%
30Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon7.6 wks90.1%
31Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol7.7 wks81.3%
32West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds7.7 wks82.9%
33Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton7.8 wks87.6%
34Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield7.9 wks90.2%
35Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford7.9 wks87.1%
36West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford8.2 wks87.7%
37Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall8.3 wks94.0%
38Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton8.4 wks90.8%
39The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton8.5 wks88.0%
40Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield8.5 wks78.2%
41Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields8.6 wks93.0%
42East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester8.7 wks82.3%
43Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield8.7 wks83.3%
44Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport8.8 wks87.0%
45Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon8.9 wks84.2%
46Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool8.9 wks85.6%
47Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham8.9 wks82.3%
48The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham8.9 wks90.8%
49The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow8.9 wks75.8%
50Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon9.1 wks81.5%
51United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln9.1 wks81.2%
52Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester9.2 wks79.0%
53South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough9.3 wks82.6%
54The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley9.3 wks86.4%
55University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton9.3 wks81.5%
56Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham9.3 wks82.5%
57South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland9.4 wks75.9%
58Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton9.4 wks75.6%
59Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot9.5 wks81.1%
60Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering9.5 wks83.9%
61The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury9.6 wks70.4%
62University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing9.9 wks76.2%
63Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick10.0 wks81.7%
64Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne10.0 wks83.9%
65Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon10.2 wks84.1%
66Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill10.2 wks73.6%
67University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester10.3 wks82.4%
68University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham10.5 wks70.9%
69Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter10.5 wks71.8%
70University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby10.6 wks72.4%
71Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford10.7 wks77.4%
72North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington10.7 wks75.2%
73Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby10.8 wks73.0%
74Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford10.8 wks70.2%
75Barts Health NHS TrustLondon10.9 wks71.0%
76Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull10.9 wks72.3%
77Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester11.2 wks79.5%
78East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield11.3 wks70.8%
79Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield11.3 wks74.8%
80Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.4 wks71.4%
81Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke11.4 wks71.9%
82Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone11.4 wks78.3%
83The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge11.4 wks72.5%
84Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro11.4 wks73.6%
85University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent11.5 wks71.5%
86University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry11.6 wks72.0%
87Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames11.6 wks66.7%
88Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan11.7 wks66.7%
89King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.9 wks71.7%
90Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton12.0 wks70.1%
91James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth12.2 wks70.5%
92Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester12.2 wks72.1%
93Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury12.3 wks66.2%
94The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon12.5 wks100.0%
95County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington12.6 wks63.8%
96Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey12.6 wks68.7%
97Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford12.6 wks68.3%
98Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool12.6 wks67.7%
99St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon12.7 wks64.3%
100Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston12.8 wks65.3%
101North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool12.8 wks61.0%
102Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea12.9 wks63.0%
103Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.1 wks61.5%
104North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle13.1 wks61.9%
105Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich13.5 wks62.8%
106East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea13.6 wks65.3%
107University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole13.6 wks63.4%
108Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead14.1 wks89.7%
109Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham14.3 wks55.9%
110Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral14.4 wks59.5%
111Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley14.5 wks58.2%
112Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon14.6 wks59.1%
113London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow14.8 wks60.2%
114Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster16.7 wks53.2%
115The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn17.5 wks50.8%
116Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury19.0 wks46.2%
117East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury20.0 wks44.7%
118York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork21.0 wks43.7%
119South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick22.6 wks42.6%

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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