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Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Post Point B31, Bournemouth, BH7 7DW · Run by Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Not yet rated

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
61.0%
Better than 17% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
13.9 wks
Better than 20% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
22,349
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
356
Better than 51% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
52.1%
Better than 1% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
4,896
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
61
Better than 67% 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 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

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

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic3,55343.4%21.1 wks200
Ear Nose and Throat2,99954.0%16.3 wks55
Ophthalmology2,28177.6%9.7 wks2
Cardiology1,71158.6%14.9 wks3
Oral Surgery1,64358.9%15.2 wks7
Other - Medicals1,62668.2%11.4 wks31
Other - Surgicals1,46478.1%7.9 wks10
Gynaecology1,40464.0%12.6 wks19
Dermatology1,37460.2%12.9 wks9
Urology1,35564.9%12.8 wks0
General Surgery1,25550.8%17.7 wks6
Gastroenterology96375.9%10.5 wks3
Respiratory Medicine35280.7%10.4 wks0
Other - Paediatrics28255.7%16.6 wks11
Elderly Medicine7675.0%13.0 wks0
General Internal Medicine1190.9%8.5 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.