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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: 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
1Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton3.4 wks100.0%
2East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn3.9 wks97.1%
3Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds4.6 wks94.5%
4Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool4.6 wks94.4%
5Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley4.7 wks93.7%
6The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne4.9 wks93.6%
7Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath5.0 wks98.6%
8Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon5.1 wks96.7%
9Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead5.5 wks90.0%
10Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford5.7 wks95.6%
11Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe6.0 wks87.8%
12Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath6.1 wks90.8%
13Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester6.2 wks93.5%
14North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough6.2 wks80.3%
15East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage6.2 wks92.9%
16Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth6.2 wks96.6%
17Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley6.3 wks88.6%
18University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal6.3 wks92.6%
19Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford6.4 wks91.0%
20University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon6.4 wks89.7%
21Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge6.4 wks96.6%
22Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCambridge6.6 wks94.6%
23Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester6.7 wks83.8%
24Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate6.7 wks92.9%
25Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol7.0 wks81.8%
26The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley7.3 wks89.4%
27Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford7.4 wks90.3%
28Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall7.4 wks95.2%
29Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon7.4 wks91.6%
30Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport7.4 wks87.4%
31The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton7.5 wks89.5%
32Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading7.5 wks90.4%
33Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham7.6 wks86.3%
34Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield7.6 wks90.3%
35Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield7.6 wks84.0%
36Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford7.6 wks88.5%
37Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton7.7 wks85.9%
38George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton7.7 wks86.1%
39East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester7.8 wks82.5%
40The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham7.8 wks91.7%
41South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough7.9 wks85.0%
42University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton8.0 wks83.0%
43The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondon8.0 wks100.0%
44Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton8.1 wks80.0%
45Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes8.2 wks88.0%
46Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick8.4 wks82.3%
47United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln8.4 wks76.9%
48Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton8.5 wks88.0%
49Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields8.6 wks93.5%
50West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford8.6 wks88.7%
51Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne8.6 wks86.6%
52Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham8.7 wks90.7%
53West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds8.7 wks81.7%
54South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland8.8 wks76.4%
55Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon8.8 wks86.2%
56Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield9.0 wks78.4%
57Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill9.0 wks73.7%
58Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon9.1 wks81.6%
59Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon9.2 wks84.6%
60University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing9.3 wks78.1%
61Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford9.3 wks79.8%
62Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering9.6 wks82.2%
63Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield9.7 wks74.9%
64Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton9.8 wks71.4%
65Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot9.9 wks83.3%
66Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport9.9 wks77.6%
67University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester10.0 wks81.7%
68Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke10.0 wks74.6%
69Barts Health NHS TrustLondon10.1 wks73.1%
70University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby10.1 wks75.3%
71Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby10.1 wks69.1%
72Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone10.1 wks82.7%
73Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool10.1 wks81.5%
74Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter10.2 wks71.2%
75East Cheshire NHS TrustMacclesfield10.2 wks68.8%
76Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford10.3 wks67.1%
77The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow10.4 wks77.8%
78Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro10.4 wks75.5%
79Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorchester10.5 wks77.5%
80The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury10.6 wks64.7%
81University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent10.7 wks72.2%
82Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames10.7 wks69.8%
83King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon10.9 wks72.3%
84North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington10.9 wks72.8%
85Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull11.0 wks70.1%
86North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool11.2 wks66.7%
87Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury11.3 wks69.3%
88Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.4 wks72.1%
89University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham11.5 wks67.8%
90Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan11.5 wks68.1%
91Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester11.5 wks75.9%
92Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham11.5 wks77.1%
93County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington11.6 wks66.4%
94Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton11.7 wks68.4%
95University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry11.7 wks71.6%
96Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey11.7 wks71.3%
97The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge11.7 wks69.8%
98Dartford And Gravesham NHS TrustDartford11.8 wks68.4%
99James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth11.8 wks68.9%
100St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon12.1 wks62.6%
101Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley12.1 wks60.9%
102Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead12.5 wks83.9%
103University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole12.7 wks65.5%
104Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich12.7 wks65.3%
105Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea12.8 wks63.3%
106East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea12.9 wks65.7%
107Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool13.2 wks63.2%
108Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon13.3 wks61.4%
109North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle13.3 wks63.2%
110London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow13.9 wks61.3%
111Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham13.9 wks57.1%
112Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral14.7 wks57.8%
113Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon14.7 wks56.9%
114Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster15.3 wks55.0%
115The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn15.7 wks53.7%
116Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury18.5 wks48.1%
117South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick18.7 wks49.1%
118East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury19.3 wks46.5%
119York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork19.4 wks46.5%

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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