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Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 8XQ · Run by The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 15 May 2024 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
69.9%
Better than 69% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
11.8 wks
Better than 61% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
36,456
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
0
Better than 100% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
51.6%
Better than 1% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
14,387
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
1,171
Better than 3% 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 The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
General Surgery4,47769.7%10.5 wks0
Gynaecology4,43761.8%13.8 wks0
Ear Nose and Throat4,34365.3%13.2 wks0
Ophthalmology3,63179.9%9.9 wks0
Dermatology3,23579.8%9.3 wks0
Cardiology2,97770.3%11.2 wks0
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,20548.7%18.5 wks0
Oral Surgery2,15060.4%15.0 wks0
Urology1,98766.1%12.6 wks0
Gastroenterology1,81486.3%9.5 wks0
Respiratory Medicine1,73970.4%12.0 wks0
General Internal Medicine1,43376.0%9.9 wks0
Other - Paediatrics1,11673.9%12.5 wks0
Other - Others43291.0%8.9 wks0
Elderly Medicine21999.5%6.6 wks0
Other - Surgicals16157.1%15.6 wks0
Cardiothoracic Surgery8196.3%8.9 wks0
Other - Medicals10100.0%1.0 wks0
Neurology8100.0%0.6 wks0
Rheumatology1100.0%1.5 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.