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The Countess of Chester Hospital

Executive Suite, Countess Of Chester Health Park, Chester, CH2 1UL · Run by Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 8 August 2025 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
66.7%
Better than 52% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
12.2 wks
Better than 54% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
29,294
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
191
Better than 63% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
65.3%
Better than 17% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
8,498
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
671
Better than 19% 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 Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Other - Surgicals5,50363.8%12.4 wks28
Ophthalmology2,95466.6%12.6 wks35
Ear Nose and Throat2,92168.6%12.7 wks13
Other - Medicals2,70966.9%12.1 wks2
Gynaecology2,62658.8%15.3 wks81
Dermatology2,18572.1%11.9 wks3
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,09160.2%13.8 wks0
Oral Surgery1,96845.7%19.7 wks15
Urology1,16168.0%12.0 wks0
Respiratory Medicine99784.6%5.4 wks0
General Surgery89567.3%12.6 wks3
Plastic Surgery81569.0%9.4 wks11
Gastroenterology71687.2%8.7 wks0
Cardiology67486.1%6.7 wks0
Rheumatology40890.7%6.7 wks0
Other - Others38583.9%11.3 wks0
Elderly Medicine22492.4%6.9 wks0
General Internal Medicine6296.8%4.0 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.