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Musgrove Park Hospital

Musgrove Road, Taunton, TA1 5DA · Run by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

CQC rating published 27 June 2025 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
65.6%
Better than 46% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
12.1 wks
Better than 57% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
53,989
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
1,304
Better than 14% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
70.6%
Better than 35% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
21,964
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
109
Better than 63% 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 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

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

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic8,79965.6%11.9 wks323
Other - Surgicals5,80459.4%13.3 wks249
Ear Nose and Throat5,09460.4%14.7 wks220
Gynaecology3,84756.7%15.3 wks72
Other - Medicals3,83476.2%9.0 wks17
Oral Surgery3,65850.4%17.8 wks151
Cardiology3,15266.3%13.3 wks13
Urology3,10052.9%16.2 wks132
Ophthalmology3,05480.1%8.8 wks20
Dermatology3,01277.4%8.8 wks33
General Surgery2,80665.9%13.0 wks38
Gastroenterology2,09073.6%11.2 wks10
Respiratory Medicine1,50686.3%7.9 wks0
Other - Paediatrics1,17572.4%9.6 wks12
Neurology1,12262.1%12.8 wks9
Rheumatology82359.3%12.6 wks1
Elderly Medicine71279.6%9.1 wks3
Other - Others221100.0%6.0 wks0
Plastic Surgery11289.3%9.0 wks1
General Internal Medicine5569.1%12.6 wks0
Cardiothoracic Surgery1392.3%10.8 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.