HospitalCheck

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: 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
1The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS TrustShrewsbury1.5 wks100.0%
2Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLondon3.3 wks99.4%
3Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBarnsley3.6 wks100.0%
4Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSutton-In-Ashfield3.8 wks100.0%
5George Eliot Hospital NHS TrustNuneaton4.0 wks94.9%
6Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS TrustMaidstone4.1 wks100.0%
7Whittington Health NHS TrustLondon4.5 wks93.6%
8Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS TrustPortsmouth4.6 wks97.6%
9Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation TrustKingston Upon Thames4.8 wks95.2%
10London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustHarrow5.0 wks96.2%
11Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton5.0 wks100.0%
12Frimley Health NHS Foundation TrustCamberley5.2 wks93.0%
13Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon5.2 wks90.5%
14University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS TrustCoventry5.3 wks95.8%
15Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS TrustTruro5.4 wks94.7%
16Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustLondon5.4 wks95.3%
17Harrogate And District NHS Foundation TrustHarrogate5.6 wks95.1%
18Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester6.2 wks89.5%
19Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChesterfield6.2 wks81.7%
20Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustSmethwick6.3 wks93.3%
21The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustWolverhampton6.7 wks83.7%
22South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation TrustWarwick6.7 wks96.8%
23The Rotherham NHS Foundation TrustRotherham6.8 wks93.1%
24Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield6.8 wks80.0%
25Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustStafford7.0 wks83.5%
26Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridge7.0 wks86.0%
27East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustSt. Leonards-On-Sea7.0 wks88.5%
28Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustAshton-Under-Lyne7.0 wks95.1%
29Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustPreston7.1 wks83.7%
30University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation TrustDerby7.2 wks88.8%
31Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustLondon7.2 wks82.9%
32The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Upon Tyne7.3 wks89.9%
33Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradford7.3 wks89.2%
34Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustGuildford7.3 wks93.8%
35Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxford7.4 wks87.9%
36Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLuton7.4 wks92.0%
37University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham7.4 wks85.4%
38The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustDudley7.5 wks86.8%
39University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustPoole7.6 wks89.8%
40Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS TrustWorcester7.6 wks89.4%
41The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation TrustOswestry7.8 wks94.8%
42Isle Of Wight NHS TrustNewport7.9 wks76.2%
43Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustNottingham7.9 wks85.6%
44Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustAmersham7.9 wks89.5%
45York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustYork8.0 wks82.5%
46Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation TrustChester8.0 wks91.0%
47Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford8.0 wks88.5%
48Lewisham And Greenwich NHS TrustLondon8.1 wks82.8%
49Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustStanmore8.2 wks83.2%
50Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustCarshalton8.3 wks80.2%
51University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthampton8.5 wks81.3%
52Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEast Grinstead8.5 wks90.0%
53Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustExeter8.6 wks82.6%
54Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustReading8.6 wks84.8%
55Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWigan8.7 wks85.3%
56Airedale NHS Foundation TrustKeighley8.7 wks75.5%
57Barts Health NHS TrustLondon9.0 wks78.0%
58King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon9.1 wks79.6%
59Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustRedhill9.2 wks75.7%
60Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation TrustHuddersfield9.3 wks75.8%
61Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorth Shields9.5 wks86.7%
62St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon9.6 wks74.7%
63South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustSunderland9.9 wks76.2%
64Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustGateshead9.9 wks85.3%
65University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustKendal10.0 wks70.6%
66James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Yarmouth10.0 wks87.0%
67Bolton NHS Foundation TrustBolton10.1 wks77.9%
68The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUxbridge10.1 wks68.9%
69Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBristol10.2 wks70.6%
70Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNorwich10.4 wks75.5%
71West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustBury St. Edmunds10.4 wks83.8%
72The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation TrustKing's Lynn10.5 wks79.5%
73Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool10.5 wks81.8%
74Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCheltenham10.6 wks68.6%
75Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustSalisbury10.6 wks70.8%
76Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustBath10.7 wks71.5%
77West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustWatford10.7 wks74.6%
78Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation TrustKettering10.8 wks70.5%
79North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustHartlepool10.8 wks80.1%
80University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.0 wks67.4%
81Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustLondon11.1 wks71.3%
82Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS TrustRomford11.2 wks73.2%
83Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBlackpool11.3 wks70.6%
84Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDoncaster11.5 wks68.3%
85Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHull11.7 wks68.0%
86Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustWalsall11.7 wks70.5%
87Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChertsey11.9 wks61.8%
88Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPrescot12.2 wks66.0%
89East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustBlackburn12.3 wks64.0%
90North West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustPeterborough12.4 wks64.9%
91Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport12.7 wks61.6%
92Croydon Health Services NHS TrustThornton Heath12.7 wks63.9%
93University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation TrustWorthing13.0 wks60.5%
94Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds13.3 wks63.4%
95Somerset NHS Foundation TrustTaunton13.3 wks58.7%
96Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustSalford13.6 wks59.6%
97The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHarlow13.7 wks64.6%
98Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustNorthampton13.7 wks63.2%
99South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustMiddlesbrough14.0 wks59.5%
100Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBasingstoke14.2 wks58.5%
101Shropshire Community Health NHS TrustShrewsbury14.3 wks70.8%
102Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustLondon14.4 wks58.7%
103East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS TrustStevenage14.6 wks56.5%
104North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustCarlisle15.1 wks55.9%
105East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation TrustColchester15.3 wks55.5%
106Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCrewe16.0 wks54.2%
107University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS TrustStoke-On-Trent16.0 wks100.0%
108North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation TrustWarrington17.3 wks51.5%
109University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS TrustLeicester17.9 wks50.1%
110Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation TrustGrimsby18.1 wks49.7%
111Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWirral18.8 wks47.9%
112County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation TrustDarlington19.6 wks46.0%
113United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLincoln19.8 wks47.2%
114Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustMilton Keynes20.5 wks45.7%
115Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWestcliff-On-Sea20.6 wks44.4%
116East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustCanterbury21.6 wks42.6%
117Medway NHS Foundation TrustGillingham29.0 wks30.2%

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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