NHS waiting times · Rheumatology

Rheumatology NHS waiting times by hospital

The typical NHS wait for rheumatology is about 11 weeks: half of patients wait less, half longer. It varies a lot by hospital.

Rheumatology treats conditions of the joints, muscles and bones caused by inflammation or the immune system, such as rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, lupus and gout.

Updated July 2026 · NHS RTT data

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Trust

Typical wait

1 in 5 wait longer than

#1Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

1 wks

11 wks

#2Whittington Health NHS Trust

3 wks

10 wks

#3Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

3 wks

10 wks

#4South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

3 wks

15 wks

#5Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

4 wks

6 wks

#6Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5 wks

10 wks

#7Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

5 wks

13 wks

#8Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

5 wks

7 wks

#9Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

5 wks

17 wks

#10Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

6 wks

9 wks

#11Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

6 wks

19 wks

#12Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

6 wks

11 wks

#13South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

6 wks

25 wks

#14University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust

6 wks

14 wks

#15Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

6 wks

17 wks

#16Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

7 wks

12 wks

#17Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

19 wks

#18University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

15 wks

#19Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

14 wks

#20Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

8 wks

#21The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

14 wks

#22King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

18 wks

#23Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

11 wks

#24Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

7 wks

26 wks

#25Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

7 wks

19 wks

#26The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

7 wks

26 wks

#27Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust

8 wks

13 wks

#28Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

8 wks

12 wks

#29University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

8 wks

32 wks

#30Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

8 wks

10 wks

#31Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

8 wks

23 wks

#32Barts Health NHS Trust

8 wks

18 wks

#33West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

8 wks

19 wks

#34London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

8 wks

11 wks

#35Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

8 wks

21 wks

#36Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

16 wks

#37Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

9 wks

17 wks

#38Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

9 wks

13 wks

#39The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

9 wks

21 wks

#40Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

23 wks

#41Wye Valley NHS Trust

9 wks

19 wks

#42The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

16 wks

#43Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

9 wks

60 wks

#44University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

19 wks

#45Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

12 wks

#46Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

18 wks

#47University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

10 wks

24 wks

#48Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

10 wks

20 wks

#49Isle Of Wight NHS Trust

10 wks

16 wks

#50George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

10 wks

13 wks

#51The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

23 wks

#52Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

21 wks

#53Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

17 wks

#54Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

24 wks

#55University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust

11 wks

19 wks

#56West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

12 wks

27 wks

#57Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust

12 wks

22 wks

#58York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

21 wks

#59University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

28 wks

#60East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

12 wks

14 wks

#61The Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

12 wks

15 wks

#62Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

31 wks

#63Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

39 wks

#64Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

13 wks

34 wks

#65Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

36 wks

#66Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

22 wks

#67Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

32 wks

#68Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

14 wks

20 wks

#69East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

14 wks

38 wks

#70United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

15 wks

37 wks

#71Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

16 wks

#72North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

22 wks

#73Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

15 wks

33 wks

#74St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

27 wks

#75Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

15 wks

34 wks

#76Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

15 wks

35 wks

#77Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

33 wks

#78South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

35 wks

#79Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

16 wks

42 wks

#80Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

17 wks

25 wks

#81Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

17 wks

28 wks

#82Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

17 wks

23 wks

#83Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

17 wks

28 wks

#84Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

17 wks

26 wks

#85Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

18 wks

27 wks

#86Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

18 wks

31 wks

#87Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

19 wks

34 wks

#88Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

19 wks

49 wks

#89University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

19 wks

35 wks

#90Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

20 wks

39 wks

#91Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

20 wks

37 wks

#92James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

20 wks

21 wks

#93Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

20 wks

27 wks

#94Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

21 wks

45 wks

#95Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

22 wks

38 wks

#96Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

22 wks

26 wks

#97The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust

22 wks

33 wks

#98County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

23 wks

44 wks

#99Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

24 wks

44 wks

#100Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

26 wks

30 wks

#101North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

26 wks

32 wks

#102East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

29 wks

48 wks

#103The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

31 wks

46 wks

#104North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

31 wks

42 wks

#105North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation Trust

32 wks

44 wks

#106East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

33 wks

39 wks

#107University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust

34 wks

48 wks

#108Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust

38 wks

45 wks

#109East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

40 wks

50 wks

#110Medway NHS Foundation Trust

55 wks

58 wks

Method & source

These are the waits for patients treated in clinic (the non-admitted completed RTT pathway), the right measure for a mainly outpatient specialty, where very few patients are admitted for treatment. Ranked fastest first by median wait for the rheumatology pathway (NHS treatment function C_410), NHS England Referral to Treatment (RTT), July 2026. The typical wait is the median: half of patients waited less, half waited longer. Trusts with fewer than 30 patients on the pathway are excluded from the ranking (3 excluded this month), too few to rank one hospital against another reliably. 110 trusts are ranked. A longer wait does not mean worse care: it can reflect a more complex caseload or a regional specialist centre.

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