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Southampton General Hospital

Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD · Run by University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 17 April 2019 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
65.7%
Better than 47% 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
63,132
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
1,257
Better than 16% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
67.5%
Better than 24% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
12,651
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
22
Better than 72% 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 Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

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

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Other - Medicals8,78565.1%12.4 wks41
Ophthalmology7,10771.9%11.0 wks7
Other - Paediatrics6,25270.6%10.7 wks104
Neurology5,92957.3%14.7 wks103
Dermatology5,50167.7%10.3 wks80
Other - Surgicals4,36672.3%9.0 wks106
Gynaecology4,27652.7%16.6 wks293
Trauma and Orthopaedic3,92553.5%16.4 wks124
Cardiology3,53073.7%10.2 wks23
Urology2,66559.8%13.6 wks164
Oral Surgery2,54453.8%16.4 wks108
Ear Nose and Throat1,68661.4%13.2 wks62
Gastroenterology1,28478.6%9.7 wks1
Neurosurgical1,13269.7%11.1 wks1
Respiratory Medicine85782.1%8.6 wks0
Rheumatology81680.8%8.4 wks0
General Surgery78454.8%15.4 wks37
Other - Others77286.0%6.5 wks3
Cardiothoracic Surgery53279.3%7.8 wks0
Elderly Medicine24894.8%6.2 wks0
General Internal Medicine13887.0%10.4 wks0
Other - Mental Healths3100.0%2.5 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.