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Purley War Memorial Hospital

856 Brighton Road, Purley, CR8 2YL · Run by Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

CQC: Not yet rated

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
71.2%
Better than 74% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
11.0 wks
Better than 74% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
35,642
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
624
Better than 35% 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
18,300
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
601
Better than 25% 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 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Croydon Health Services NHS Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Other - Surgicals3,99378.9%9.1 wks23
Other - Medicals3,94285.5%7.8 wks9
Trauma and Orthopaedic3,66477.2%9.3 wks8
Gynaecology3,45374.2%11.2 wks74
Dermatology3,13356.9%14.4 wks116
Gastroenterology2,75979.0%10.8 wks17
Ear Nose and Throat2,63450.2%17.9 wks203
Oral Surgery2,39336.7%24.2 wks96
General Surgery2,35670.1%12.3 wks11
Urology1,48891.9%7.1 wks2
Cardiology1,40379.1%9.4 wks2
Rheumatology1,23663.2%12.2 wks0
Other - Paediatrics1,12043.6%20.6 wks57
Respiratory Medicine98098.9%4.8 wks2
Neurology81584.8%10.2 wks1
Elderly Medicine17592.0%5.8 wks1
Plastic Surgery7566.7%14.8 wks2
General Internal Medicine2395.7%9.5 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.