St Austell Community Hospital
Porthpean Road, St Austell, PL26 6AA · Run by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · 01726627561
Acute hospital - NHS non-specialist
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Contains public sector information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
At a glance
Whether this trust meets each official NHS operational standard — not a combined score or ranking.
In plain English
AI-generatedCornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust reports that 756 patients were on its waiting list in July 2026. The median wait for treatment was 6.7 weeks, with 96.6% of patients seen within 18 weeks of referral. No patients waited over 52 weeks. Additionally, 64.9% of staff would recommend the trust for treatment in 2025.
Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 11 September 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries
Estates & facilities
This hospital site specifically (2024/25). A high maintenance backlog means more deferred repairs to buildings and equipment.
Source: NHS England Estates Returns Information Collection (ERIC). About this data
Cleanliness & environment
This hospital site specifically (2025). Patient-assessed scores — higher is better.
Source: NHS England Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE), scored by teams including patient assessors. About this data
Performance at a glance
NHS England publishes waiting-time and A&E figures per trust, not per building — figures marked Trust-wide cover all hospitals run by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Performance over time
Trust-wide (Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) · hover a month for the exact figure · monthly data table
A&E performance
Trust-wide (Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: August 2026· all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.
This trust does not run a separate major (Type 1) A&E department — the figures above are for its minor-injury unit(s) or urgent treatment centre(s) — Type 3 in NHS England’s classification.
Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. About this data
Staff experience (NHS Staff Survey)
2025 · the views of staff who work at this trust — a measure of workforce culture, morale and confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes. There is no official NHS target for these figures, so they are shown as context, never a pass or fail.
The NHS Staff Survey records the views of staff who chose to respond — a measure of workforce culture, morale and staff confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes or safety. Response rates vary between trusts. England only; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run separate staff surveys on a different basis, so these figures are never compared across nations.
Source: NHS Staff Survey (NHS England), Open Government Licence. About this data
Stroke care (SSNAP audit)
Trust-wide (Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) · Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, latest quarter to 2026· the SSNAP level (A best .. E) is the audit's own published grade for the quality of this team's acute stroke-care PROCESSES, adjusted for case-mix, case ascertainment and audit compliance — it is not a guarantee of any individual patient's outcome. England only; SSNAP also covers Wales and Northern Ireland.
This team's case ascertainment and/or audit compliance band is D or E — its SSNAP grade above rests on less-complete data than a team with a higher band, not necessarily worse care.
Source: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (Royal College of Physicians). About this data
Diagnostic test waits
Trust-wide (Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: July 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.
| Test | Waiting list | 6+ weeks | 6+ weeks (count) | 13+ weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urodynamics | 93 | 72.0% | 67 | 42 |
Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data
Waiting times by specialty
Trust-wide (Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: July 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics
| Specialty | Waiting | Within 18 wks | Median wait | 9 in 10 wait under | 52+ wks | 65+ wks | 78+ wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other - Medicals | 691 | 96.2% | 7.2 wks | 16.2 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trauma and Orthopaedic | 65 | 100.0% | 3.1 wks | 7.9 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other hospitals in this trust
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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.