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Great Western Hospital

Marlborough Road, Swindon, SN3 6BB · Run by Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 25 July 2025 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
57.2%
Better than 4% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
15.1 wks
Better than 5% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
43,947
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
1,074
Better than 20% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
65.2%
Better than 15% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
12,361
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
422
Better than 34% 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 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic5,76947.5%18.9 wks204
General Surgery5,27460.5%12.9 wks229
Gastroenterology3,86257.1%15.1 wks68
Gynaecology3,64754.3%16.4 wks44
Ear Nose and Throat3,62358.1%14.8 wks118
Dermatology3,40962.6%12.4 wks27
Urology3,22350.4%17.8 wks165
Oral Surgery3,05544.8%19.8 wks99
Ophthalmology2,87459.6%14.1 wks40
Other - Medicals2,07153.7%16.3 wks43
Other - Paediatrics1,71753.8%16.8 wks15
Cardiology1,30268.9%12.4 wks0
Other - Others1,14073.5%10.8 wks5
Respiratory Medicine84657.7%15.4 wks2
Other - Surgicals72483.8%4.0 wks12
Neurology71488.2%7.1 wks0
Rheumatology36991.9%5.6 wks0
Elderly Medicine20381.3%9.5 wks0
Plastic Surgery12573.6%5.9 wks3

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.