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County Hospital Louth

High Holme Road, Louth, LN11 0UE · Run by United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

CQC: Good

CQC rating published 3 July 2018 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
61.2%
Better than 18% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
14.0 wks
Better than 16% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
69,127
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
751
Better than 29% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
73.7%
Better than 49% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
21,444
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
1,034
Better than 7% 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 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Ear Nose and Throat9,71550.0%18.0 wks74
Trauma and Orthopaedic6,55159.8%14.8 wks31
Gynaecology6,23553.8%16.6 wks56
Ophthalmology5,87571.2%11.7 wks0
Other - Medicals5,34675.3%10.3 wks55
Gastroenterology5,22058.8%15.1 wks33
Dermatology4,99161.0%12.5 wks22
General Surgery4,89575.4%11.2 wks4
Other - Surgicals4,00352.3%16.6 wks164
Urology3,72870.2%11.8 wks3
Oral Surgery2,89149.7%18.1 wks65
Neurology2,51058.1%15.2 wks49
Rheumatology1,76248.6%18.8 wks104
Respiratory Medicine1,51264.9%11.5 wks75
Other - Paediatrics1,35849.5%18.1 wks2
Cardiology93990.3%5.8 wks0
General Internal Medicine89375.4%13.6 wks14
Elderly Medicine38570.6%13.0 wks0
Other - Others31886.8%7.7 wks0

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.