Or open a single trust profile when you already know which board you want.

How to read these waiting bands

These bands describe elapsed waits among pathways still waiting at the stated period end, not time until an appointment or completed treatment. A range such as 3–<4 includes 3 but excludes 4 weeks; >3–4 excludes 3 and includes 4. 13+ has no upper bound; >104 means more than 104 weeks. Chart bars mark the finite upper bound or, for open bands, the lower bound; tied bands cannot rank individual waits.

Select two NHS Trusts above to view a side-by-side comparison.

How to use this comparison

Patients in England have a statutory right to choose where they are referred for non-urgent NHS treatment (the “Choose & Book” entitlement). This means at the point of GP referral you can ask to be sent to a specific Trust—not just the geographically closest one.

Three signals matter most when comparing: CQC rating (independent quality regulator), RTT 18-week performance (proportion still waiting whose elapsed wait is 18 weeks or less), and the specialty median elapsed wait (the elapsed waiting-list band for the relevant specialty). A Trust with a high CQC rating but poor RTT for your specific procedure may not be the right choice; a less well-known Trust with shorter specialty waiting-list bands often will be.

This page does not rank or recommend. We present the published numbers and let you weigh them. For clinical advice, always speak to your GP or NHS 111.

What to do with this compare desk

Pick two trusts and a procedure before you ask your GP to re-refer.

Select trusts from the dropdowns above, then add a procedure filter for the specialty you need. Procedure medians
Read how e-RS choice works at the point of GP referral. Choose & Book guide
Open full trust profiles with CQC rating and RTT tables. Trust directory

Published statistics for comparison only, not a clinical recommendation.

Download the trust-level RTT extract used by this compare tool: hospitals.csv · open data