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Dewsbury and District Hospital

Halifax Road, Dewsbury, WF13 4HS · Run by Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 8 March 2024 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
66.1%
Better than 49% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
12.2 wks
Better than 54% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
55,588
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
327
Better than 53% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
72.0%
Better than 41% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
24,442
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
274
Better than 46% 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 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Ear Nose and Throat7,38259.8%14.6 wks41
Other - Medicals6,77968.0%11.7 wks3
Gynaecology5,71660.0%13.7 wks118
Ophthalmology4,90370.6%11.9 wks26
Trauma and Orthopaedic4,84052.3%16.8 wks111
Other - Surgicals4,57567.7%10.9 wks7
Urology3,50367.4%11.4 wks13
Gastroenterology3,49673.7%9.4 wks0
Oral Surgery3,15770.5%10.2 wks3
Neurology2,02557.2%15.7 wks0
General Surgery1,59364.8%13.0 wks4
Plastic Surgery1,53872.8%10.4 wks1
Dermatology1,47091.4%4.9 wks0
Respiratory Medicine1,34974.5%10.7 wks0
Cardiology85890.1%6.0 wks0
Rheumatology72271.9%10.0 wks0
Other - Paediatrics66263.6%14.4 wks0
Other - Others49779.7%7.7 wks0
Elderly Medicine45355.2%15.9 wks0
General Internal Medicine7072.9%6.8 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.