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Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Papworth Road, Cambridge, CB2 0AY · NHS England East of England

Rated Outstanding by the CQC. Trust-wide at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 9 in 10 patients would recommend it. The shortest published NHS wait across this NHS trust is 5 weeks.

About this provider

Funding: NHS
Telephone: 01223638000
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CQC provider ID: RGM
CQC location ID: RGMX1

Care Quality Commission rating

Most recent inspection: 2019-10-16.

Outstanding 4 of 4 CQC bands

Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. CQC uses a four-band scale and does not issue a star rating.

What the CQC inspected

The CQC rates every service against five key questions. These are the ratings from the most recent inspection.

Safe

Outstanding

Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?

Effective

Outstanding

Does care, treatment and support achieve good outcomes and follow the best available evidence?

Caring

Outstanding

Do staff involve and treat people with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect?

Responsive

Outstanding

Are services organised to meet people's needs?

Well-led

Outstanding

Do leadership, management and governance assure high-quality care?

Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30.

Specialties treated here

NHS specialties with a published waiting time at this NHS trust. Select one for how it compares across the area.

Cardiothoracic surgeons Cardiologists Respiratory specialists

What patients said

The NHS Friends and Family Test asks patients whether they would recommend the service. Responses for May 2026. These figures are for Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and cover all its hospitals.

Inpatient care

99%

would recommend · 879 responses

Outpatient appointments

98%

would recommend · 285 responses

NHS England Friends and Family Test, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. The FFT is not a formal performance measure and response rates vary between services.

Cancer waiting times

How quickly this trust diagnoses and starts treatment for people referred with a suspicion of cancer. Data for March 2026. Targets are the NHS operational standards. No English region currently meets the 62-day standard. These figures are for Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital.

62-day treatment

77%

% starting first cancer treatment within 62 days of an urgent GP referral
target 85%

28-day diagnosis

% told they have cancer, or that they do not, within 28 days of an urgent referral
target 75%

31-day treatment

100%

% starting first treatment within 31 days of the decision to treat
target 96%

62-day treatment by cancer type

The share of patients who began treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral, for each type this trust reports. The national aim is 85%. Numbers per type are smaller, so they move more from month to month.

Cancer type	Within 62 days
Lung	78%
Lymphoma	50%

NHS England Cancer Waiting Times, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. Provisional monthly data. Small numbers of patients can move a percentage sharply.

NHS waiting times, trust-wide

Waiting times are reported by NHS trusts, not by individual hospitals. These figures are for Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital along with its other sites. Waits at this site may differ.

Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment, latest published month.
Specialty	Median wait	Within 18 weeks	Patients waiting
All specialties	8 wks	80%	5,670
Cardiology	13 wks	60%	2,190
Cardiothoracic surgery	8 wks	80%	542
Respiratory medicine	5 wks	96%	2,938

NHS-funded care only. Does not reflect private appointment availability. Retrieved 2026-08-30.

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