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.

114 trusts. Data: July 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
1Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne0.5 wks100.0%
2Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport1.0 wks100.0%
3London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow1.9 wks98.5%
4Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon2.8 wks95.6%
5Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton3.0 wks100.0%
6Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick3.1 wks98.2%
7St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon3.1 wks94.6%
8Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton3.3 wks100.0%
9Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames3.3 wks100.0%
10Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport3.4 wks90.5%
11East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn3.4 wks100.0%
12Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham3.5 wks98.9%
13Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham3.5 wks98.4%
14James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth3.7 wks100.0%
15The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne3.9 wks97.4%
16University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry3.9 wks97.0%
17Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth3.9 wks90.8%
18The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn4.0 wks96.2%
19Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields4.3 wks99.5%
20Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster4.3 wks92.6%
21Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield4.3 wks100.0%
22Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon4.3 wks100.0%
23University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal4.4 wks97.5%
24The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham4.4 wks96.2%
25Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall4.5 wks97.5%
26Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone4.5 wks100.0%
27Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon4.5 wks87.6%
28West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds4.5 wks88.2%
29Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon4.6 wks93.8%
30Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke4.6 wks92.4%
31University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby4.8 wks94.1%
32Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge4.8 wks97.2%
33Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford4.9 wks94.6%
34Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate4.9 wks88.3%
35Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham5.0 wks94.4%
36Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol5.0 wks95.9%
37Barts Health NHS TrustLondon5.0 wks92.8%
38East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester5.0 wks93.5%
39Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford5.0 wks93.1%
40Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool5.0 wks98.4%
41Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustStafford5.0 wks75.0%
42Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead5.1 wks96.6%
43Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley5.1 wks95.3%
44Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe5.3 wks95.2%
45Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds5.4 wks100.0%
46King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon5.6 wks96.2%
47South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland5.8 wks85.5%
48Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral5.9 wks95.8%
49Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes6.0 wks100.0%
50York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork6.1 wks95.3%
51South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough6.1 wks92.5%
52Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath6.2 wks96.1%
53Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester6.3 wks88.0%
54Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull6.3 wks77.9%
55Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby6.4 wks89.5%
56Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter6.4 wks87.9%
57Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford6.5 wks91.0%
58Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford6.6 wks94.3%
59East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea6.6 wks98.7%
60University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon6.6 wks90.8%
61Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich6.7 wks91.1%
62Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea6.8 wks84.1%
63Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro6.8 wks91.0%
64Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester6.8 wks91.3%
65The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton6.9 wks97.6%
66University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole7.0 wks87.0%
67Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester7.0 wks76.9%
68West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford7.0 wks95.7%
69County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington7.1 wks88.9%
70Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford7.1 wks89.6%
71Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon7.2 wks99.4%
72Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath7.2 wks97.9%
73University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham7.4 wks89.8%
74The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge7.5 wks91.0%
75University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent7.5 wks98.1%
76South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick7.6 wks94.0%
77The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley7.7 wks92.7%
78Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustPreston7.7 wks88.9%
79The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow7.7 wks100.0%
80University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton7.8 wks93.4%
81The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury7.8 wks99.2%
82Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield7.8 wks83.0%
83East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury7.9 wks85.6%
84North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool8.0 wks90.2%
85Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley8.0 wks89.4%
86Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton8.1 wks84.3%
87Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton8.3 wks92.0%
88The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustOswestry8.5 wks100.0%
89University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester8.6 wks80.3%
90East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage8.6 wks80.4%
91Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon8.6 wks84.3%
92East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield8.9 wks76.9%
93North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough9.0 wks74.2%
94Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon9.0 wks89.5%
95Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon9.0 wks82.1%
96Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford9.1 wks78.7%
97George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton9.1 wks85.3%
98Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley9.3 wks77.1%
99Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot9.4 wks80.5%
100Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering9.5 wks71.8%
101Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey9.8 wks77.0%
102Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester9.9 wks68.2%
103Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton10.0 wks73.7%
104Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury10.8 wks70.7%
105Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton11.1 wks69.6%
106North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle11.6 wks73.8%
107Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill11.7 wks70.8%
108Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield11.8 wks64.0%
109University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing11.8 wks63.9%
110United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln12.7 wks65.9%
111North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington13.5 wks60.0%
112Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan13.5 wks65.2%
113Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool15.4 wks56.3%
114Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham18.5 wks48.9%

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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