Waiting times by location
NHS waiting times near Cambridge
3 NHS trusts within 15 miles of Cambridge city centre reported referral-to-treatment figures for June 2026.
- NHS trusts with data
- 3
- People waiting (combined)
- 65,126
- Sum of published trust totals
- Best-performing trust
- 80.3%
- share under 18 weeks
- Lowest
- 30.9%
- share under 18 weeks
Trusts compared
Sorted by straight-line distance from a reference point in central Cambridge (not an administrative boundary; distances are between registered addresses, not travel time). All-services figures hide large differences between individual services, so open a trust to see service-level figures.
| Trust | Distance | Waiting | Under 18 weeks | Over 52 weeks | Tests over 6 wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 2.2 mi | 59,372 | 65% | 922 | 27.5% |
| Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 2.3 mi | 5,670 | 80% | 32 | 56.8% |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust | 3.2 mi | 84 | 31% | 7 | — |
A further 4 NHS-funded independent-sector and other providers in this area are not listed because their case mix makes direct comparison misleading.
Services where local trusts differ most
Gap in the share waiting under 18 weeks between the highest and lowest trust here, for services with at least 200 people waiting.
Cardiology · 2 trusts · England 68.2%
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: 60.0% — Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 51.3% (gap 8.7 pp)
Respiratory medicine · 2 trusts · England 74.8%
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 96.8% — Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: 95.5% (gap 1.2 pp)
Distance is not travel time
Distances are straight-line between registered addresses and city centres. Trusts often run several hospital sites, so the site you would attend may be closer or further.
What these figures cannot tell you
- Where you are in a queue, or when you will be seen or treated.
- How urgent your own referral is. These are aggregate waiting-list figures and do not show the clinical priority of an individual patient.
- Anything about a specific consultant, clinic or site within a trust.
- What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.
Related guides on this site
- NHS patient choice explained
Background on the legal basis of NHS patient choice.
- How to switch hospitals for faster NHS treatment
Reference article on how hospital switching works within the NHS.
- Work out how long you've waited
Explains how the 18-week measure is counted and what a published percentage represents.
- Your rights while you wait
Reference article on what the 18-week standard is and is not.