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New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP · Run by The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 27 March 2026 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
60.4%
Better than 12% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
14.2 wks
Better than 12% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
73,004
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
1,807
Better than 8% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
79.8%
Better than 76% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
20,369
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
744
Better than 14% 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 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Ophthalmology9,62261.6%13.1 wks194
Other - Surgicals7,72863.8%13.6 wks91
Trauma and Orthopaedic6,69865.7%12.1 wks71
Other - Medicals6,59271.0%11.3 wks26
Urology6,53550.2%17.9 wks251
Cardiology6,09157.3%16.0 wks169
Gynaecology5,98355.1%16.1 wks295
Ear Nose and Throat5,82949.7%18.1 wks196
Oral Surgery4,66640.9%23.9 wks450
Gastroenterology4,11864.3%13.6 wks7
Neurology1,77280.6%10.1 wks0
Respiratory Medicine1,75090.7%6.8 wks0
Other - Paediatrics1,61455.6%15.8 wks3
Rheumatology1,43277.2%9.5 wks0
General Surgery1,13846.1%20.5 wks48
Dermatology1,11979.6%7.7 wks3
Plastic Surgery13456.7%14.0 wks1
Other - Others9448.9%18.2 wks2
Elderly Medicine7797.4%4.2 wks0
General Internal Medicine1283.3%1.0 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.