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Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Chesterfield Road, Chesterfield, S44 5BL · Run by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

CQC rating published 26 July 2024 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
62.1%
Better than 24% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
13.1 wks
Better than 35% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
27,339
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
627
Better than 34% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
70.3%
Better than 34% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
12,485
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
196
Better than 55% of trustsData: Jun 2026

NHS England publishes waiting-time and A&E figures per trust, not per building — figures marked Trust-wide cover all hospitals run by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Other - Surgicals2,88960.9%13.8 wks55
Ear Nose and Throat2,61265.6%12.4 wks52
Gynaecology2,53960.7%14.0 wks59
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,31448.4%18.7 wks77
Dermatology2,18864.9%12.8 wks5
Ophthalmology2,12671.6%10.8 wks10
Other - Paediatrics2,12067.5%11.2 wks17
Other - Medicals2,11361.5%13.9 wks16
Urology1,83258.7%14.6 wks54
Gastroenterology1,56563.9%11.8 wks12
General Surgery1,39947.0%20.0 wks202
Oral Surgery1,19355.8%15.1 wks58
Cardiology1,11567.8%11.5 wks3
Respiratory Medicine49177.2%9.8 wks1
General Internal Medicine47375.3%10.2 wks0
Rheumatology37078.4%7.4 wks6

About this data

Every figure on this page comes from an official publication: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics, NHS England A&E statistics, and the Care Quality Commission directory. Data periods are shown against each figure — NHS England publishes with a lag of around six weeks. Read the full methodology.