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Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Papworth Road, Cambridge, CB2 0AY · Run by Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Outstanding

CQC rating published 16 October 2019 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
80.3%
Better than 88% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
8.4 wks
Better than 91% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
5,403
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
29
Better than 79% of trustsData: May 2026

NHS England publishes waiting-time and A&E figures per trust, not per building — figures marked Trust-wide cover all hospitals run by Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Respiratory Medicine2,67895.0%5.9 wks0
Cardiology2,20562.9%13.5 wks24
Cardiothoracic Surgery52078.5%9.6 wks5

About this data

Every figure on this page comes from an official publication: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics, NHS England A&E statistics, and the Care Quality Commission directory. Data periods are shown against each figure — NHS England publishes with a lag of around six weeks. Read the full methodology.