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Waiting times/Rheumatology

Rheumatology waiting times
by hospital

Every provider in England reporting rheumatology waits in June 2026, shortest first. You have a legal right to choose any of them.

12

week England average

27

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

118k

people waiting across 123 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 27 weeks sooner elsewhere — if they know to ask.

#ProviderMedianWithin 18wkWaitingYear
1Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London399%167
2Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley399%220
3Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sutton-in-Ashfield399%169
4Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone3100%421
5University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry496%600
6Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames496%413
7London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Harrow498%953
8University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol597%555
9Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley594%536
10Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth598%496
11Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Southampton5100%72
12Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London592%489
13George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton596%272
14Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Smethwick695%584
15South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick696%359
16University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth687%519
17Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Truro695%651
18Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford693%290
19Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Redhill694%280
20Manchester Surgical Services Ltd Manchester699%76
21Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon692%353
22Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate695%317
23Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester691%1,124
24Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chester695%478
25Whittington Health NHS Trust London691%293
26Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Ashton-Under-Lyne697%380
27Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester792%644
28Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford789%1,322
29Cora Health Msk (Formerly Connect Health Ltd) Newcastle upon Tyne788%1,304
30University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham787%1,047
31East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea790%786
32The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Oswestry794%622
33Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield780%348
34Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Stafford785%4,774
35University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby792%1,554
36The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne793%742
37Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford784%407
38Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge786%1,858
39Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford790%463
40The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham794%764
41Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Preston788%432
42Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton781%637
43Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust East Grinstead785%65
44Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London886%614
45Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amersham891%420
46Isle of Wight NHS Trust Newport879%649
47The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton878%1,270
48Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham887%473
49Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading887%579
50Epsomedical Group Cobham890%58
51Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North Shields885%1,163
52Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter885%818
53Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust Stanmore878%446
54West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Bury St. Edmunds891%799
55Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton884%1,179
56University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Poole888%1,237
57The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley885%865
58York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York883%672
59Medefer London990%182
60Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Redhill976%818
61Barts Health NHS Trust London980%1,321
62St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London974%1,436
63University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton980%741
64James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth987%596
65Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool984%537
66Cora Health Diagnostics (Formerly Healthshare Diagnostics) West Malling974%70
67King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London981%1,160
68South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland979%1,058
69Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton984%614
70Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield981%567
71Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan1079%903
72The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn1080%594
73Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Keighley1071%397
74Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Gateshead1085%394
75North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Hartlepool1082%552
76Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham1067%1,212
77Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford1078%1,162
78University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Kendal1172%945
79East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn1169%878
80West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford1171%1,052
81The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Uxbridge1170%522
82Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath1171%1,416
83Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield1174%970
84Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury1168%656
85Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London1175%1,258
86Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull1169%1,112
87Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust London1183%696
88Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chertsey1164%390
89Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering1268%1,099
90Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norwich1270%1,197
91Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall1269%896
92Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster1270%844
93Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool1268%1,067
94Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Thornton Heath1266%1,208
95Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton1362%888
96Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot1367%1,519
97University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London1364%928
98North Bristol NHS Trust Bristol1362%1,211
99North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough1365%1,294
100Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport1362%1,227
101Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital Buckhurst Hill1467%106
102Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds1464%2,117
103The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow1466%1,254
104University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing1461%1,148
105Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford1461%2,165
106Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke1459%1,411
107South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough1459%1,430
108Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Northampton1467%514
109Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London1559%3,152
110North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Carlisle1657%1,370
111Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe1654%1,005
112East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester1655%2,369
113East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage1656%1,284
114North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington1752%1,220
115Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Grimsby1851%1,031
116Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral1849%1,290
117County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington1948%2,008
118Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea1948%2,273
119University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester1948%4,010
120United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln2046%1,841
121Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes2046%1,397
122East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury2242%2,969
123Medway NHS Foundation Trust Gillingham3031%3,335
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Providers with fewer than 50 people waiting are not shown — a median over a handful of patients says more about chance than about the queue. Some providers listed run community or single-procedure services rather than full surgical ones; check what a provider actually treats before asking to be referred.