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Newmarket Hospital

56 Exning Road, Newmarket, CB8 7JG · Run by West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

CQC rating published 4 August 2016 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
65.4%
Better than 46% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
12.5 wks
Better than 46% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
33,138
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
472
Better than 41% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
74.3%
Better than 50% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
9,215
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
348
Better than 39% 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 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

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

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic4,26851.7%17.4 wks75
Other - Surgicals3,89768.0%12.0 wks78
Gynaecology3,16553.7%16.3 wks132
Ear Nose and Throat3,03770.9%11.0 wks17
Ophthalmology2,37473.0%11.5 wks2
Dermatology2,29486.8%7.4 wks6
Other - Medicals2,14661.7%13.6 wks11
General Surgery2,09753.4%17.0 wks45
Urology2,06367.4%12.6 wks2
Other - Paediatrics1,59763.6%12.9 wks58
Cardiology1,25376.5%10.4 wks4
Neurology92660.9%14.3 wks9
Gastroenterology90569.4%12.1 wks7
Plastic Surgery81846.9%19.2 wks23
Rheumatology72892.7%8.0 wks1
Respiratory Medicine70881.9%8.5 wks0
General Internal Medicine70271.7%11.3 wks0
Other - Others13754.7%15.6 wks2
Elderly Medicine2281.8%5.5 wks0
Other - Mental Healths1100.0%2.5 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.