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Compare hospitals for rheumatology

Every NHS trust in England that reports rheumatology, 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.

117 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
1Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon2.6 wks99.4%
2Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley2.9 wks99.1%
3Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield3.3 wks98.8%
4Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone3.4 wks100.0%
5University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry3.9 wks96.3%
6Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames3.9 wks95.6%
7London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow4.3 wks97.8%
8Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol4.5 wks96.8%
9Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley4.7 wks94.2%
10Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth4.7 wks98.4%
11Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton5.0 wks100.0%
12Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon5.2 wks92.0%
13George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton5.3 wks96.0%
14Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick5.5 wks95.2%
15South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick5.9 wks96.1%
16Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro6.0 wks95.4%
17University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustPlymouth6.0 wks86.7%
18Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford6.0 wks93.4%
19Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon6.3 wks92.1%
20Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate6.3 wks95.3%
21Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester6.4 wks90.8%
22Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester6.4 wks94.6%
23Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne6.4 wks96.6%
24Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon6.4 wks90.8%
25Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester6.5 wks92.2%
26Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford6.6 wks88.8%
27University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham6.8 wks87.1%
28East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea6.8 wks89.9%
29The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustOswestry6.8 wks94.4%
30Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustStafford7.0 wks84.5%
31Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield7.0 wks79.9%
32University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby7.1 wks91.8%
33The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne7.2 wks92.6%
34Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford7.2 wks83.5%
35Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge7.3 wks86.4%
36The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham7.3 wks93.5%
37Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford7.3 wks89.6%
38Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustPreston7.3 wks88.4%
39Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton7.4 wks80.8%
40Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead7.4 wks84.6%
41Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport7.5 wks78.9%
42Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon7.5 wks86.0%
43Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham7.5 wks90.5%
44The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton7.6 wks77.8%
45Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading7.7 wks87.4%
46Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham7.7 wks86.9%
47Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields7.8 wks84.5%
48Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter8.0 wks85.3%
49Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustStanmore8.0 wks78.3%
50West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds8.2 wks90.6%
51University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole8.3 wks87.8%
52Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton8.3 wks83.5%
53The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley8.3 wks85.3%
54York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork8.4 wks82.7%
55Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill8.6 wks75.9%
56St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon8.9 wks74.2%
57Barts Health NHS TrustLondon8.9 wks80.0%
58University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton8.9 wks79.9%
59James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth8.9 wks86.7%
60Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool9.0 wks83.6%
61King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon9.1 wks81.3%
62South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland9.2 wks79.0%
63Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton9.3 wks84.4%
64Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield9.4 wks80.8%
65Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan9.7 wks78.7%
66The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn9.7 wks79.5%
67Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley9.9 wks70.8%
68Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead9.9 wks85.3%
69North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool10.0 wks82.1%
70Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham10.3 wks67.3%
71Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford10.3 wks78.0%
72University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent10.5 wks100.0%
73University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal10.6 wks71.6%
74West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford10.8 wks71.2%
75East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn10.8 wks68.5%
76The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge10.8 wks70.3%
77Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath10.9 wks70.6%
78Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield11.0 wks73.5%
79Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury11.0 wks68.0%
80Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.1 wks75.2%
81Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull11.3 wks68.5%
82Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon11.3 wks83.3%
83Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey11.4 wks63.6%
84Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering11.6 wks68.2%
85Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich11.7 wks69.7%
86Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall11.8 wks68.9%
87Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster12.0 wks69.9%
88Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury12.0 wks72.2%
89Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool12.2 wks68.2%
90Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath12.4 wks65.7%
91Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton12.6 wks62.4%
92Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot12.7 wks67.1%
93University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon12.7 wks64.1%
94North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough13.3 wks65.1%
95Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport13.4 wks61.5%
96Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds13.7 wks63.7%
97The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow13.7 wks65.5%
98University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing13.8 wks61.0%
99Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford13.9 wks60.9%
100Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke13.9 wks58.9%
101South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough14.2 wks58.7%
102Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton14.3 wks66.9%
103Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon15.1 wks59.1%
104North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle15.5 wks56.5%
105Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe15.8 wks53.7%
106East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester16.1 wks55.2%
107East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage16.3 wks55.6%
108North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington17.3 wks52.2%
109Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby17.6 wks50.8%
110Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral18.4 wks49.3%
111County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington18.8 wks48.2%
112Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea19.0 wks47.8%
113University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester19.4 wks47.6%
114United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln19.8 wks46.4%
115Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes20.0 wks45.5%
116East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury21.8 wks42.2%
117Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham29.7 wks31.2%

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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