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Northampton General Hospital

Cliftonville, Northampton, NN1 5BD · Run by Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 23 March 2026 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
61.3%
Better than 19% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
14.5 wks
Better than 9% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
40,765
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
429
Better than 44% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
71.2%
Better than 37% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
13,979
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
900
Better than 10% 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 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Ear Nose and Throat5,34154.7%16.5 wks232
Dermatology3,91351.5%17.4 wks84
Ophthalmology3,80980.4%9.7 wks0
Gynaecology3,73145.9%19.7 wks26
Cardiology3,64566.1%13.8 wks2
Gastroenterology3,06066.7%13.5 wks0
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,72255.1%16.1 wks41
Other - Medicals2,70259.4%13.9 wks16
Oral Surgery2,42847.1%18.9 wks12
General Surgery2,34565.2%14.1 wks8
Respiratory Medicine1,71790.0%9.5 wks0
Neurology1,47848.4%18.5 wks0
Urology1,18883.1%9.1 wks0
Other - Surgicals59652.3%17.6 wks2
Rheumatology53368.9%13.7 wks0
General Internal Medicine50157.1%17.1 wks1
Other - Paediatrics43176.8%9.3 wks4
Other - Others36993.0%6.2 wks0
Plastic Surgery14836.5%22.0 wks1
Elderly Medicine94100.0%4.1 wks0
Cardiothoracic Surgery14100.0%0.8 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.