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Poole Hospital

Longfleet Road, Poole, BH15 2JB · Run by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

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CQC rating published 6 June 2025 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
66.9%
Better than 56% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
12.2 wks
Better than 54% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
67,474
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
672
Better than 33% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
70.2%
Better than 33% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
20,420
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
399
Better than 37% 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 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

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

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Other - Surgicals8,56961.8%12.8 wks159
Trauma and Orthopaedic8,06151.9%17.3 wks263
Gynaecology6,63953.2%16.6 wks129
Ear Nose and Throat5,68060.6%14.2 wks9
Ophthalmology5,41873.0%11.2 wks12
Gastroenterology5,15887.7%9.7 wks0
Dermatology4,47564.6%11.8 wks31
Cardiology3,91276.9%10.0 wks1
Other - Medicals3,32379.4%9.5 wks0
Oral Surgery3,14756.7%15.9 wks12
Other - Paediatrics2,92371.0%12.0 wks3
Urology2,69469.8%10.3 wks47
Neurology2,04975.7%11.8 wks1
Respiratory Medicine1,58762.8%13.5 wks1
Rheumatology1,34881.6%9.1 wks1
General Surgery1,01992.3%4.0 wks3
Elderly Medicine80887.7%9.0 wks0
Other - Others50392.8%7.1 wks0
General Internal Medicine161100.0%3.7 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.