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Spire Manchester Hospital

Independent hospital

170 Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M20 2AF · Run by Spire Healthcare Limited · 01614476677

Acute hospital - Independent non-specialist

CQC: Outstanding

CQC rating published 20 October 2022 — this rating applies to this specific location. About this data

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Contains public sector information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spire Manchester Hospitalis an independent (private-sector) hospital, regulated by the Care Quality Commission. It is shown on its own, separately from NHS hospitals — the CQC rates independent and NHS providers on the same five inspection questions, but this hospital's private-pay activity and outcomes are not published anywhere, so the two sectors are never ranked together. A minority of independent hospitals, including some run by this provider, also carry out NHS-funded work — where NHS England publishes that separately under the hospital's own NHS provider code, we show it further down this page, clearly marked as NHS-funded activity only. See methodology.

CQC inspection ratings

Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Outstanding
Responsive
Outstanding
Well-led
Outstanding

The Care Quality Commission rates hospitals on five questions. This location was last inspected August 2022. Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

CQC ratings by service

CQC rated these services individually — there is no single overall rating for this location.

Critical careOutstanding
Safe
Outstanding
Effective
Good
Caring
Outstanding
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Outstanding
rated June 2019
Diagnostic imagingGood
Safe
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated June 2019
Medical care (including older people's care)Good
Safe
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Outstanding
rated June 2019
OutpatientsOutstanding
Safe
Good
Caring
Outstanding
Responsive
Outstanding
Well-led
Outstanding
rated June 2019
Services for children & young peopleOutstanding
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Outstanding
Responsive
Outstanding
Well-led
Outstanding
rated June 2019
SurgeryOutstanding
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Outstanding
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Outstanding
rated October 2022

Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

NHS-funded activity

Spire Manchester Hospital also carries out NHS-funded treatment. NHS England separately publishes waiting times and patient outcomes for that NHS-funded work, matched to this hospital via its own NHS provider (ODS) code. NHS-funded activity only— this hospital's private-pay (self-pay/insured) work is not shown here or anywhere on this site.

NHS-funded waiting times

Data: May 2026 · NHS-funded activity onlySpire Manchester Hospitalalso carries out private-pay work, which is not shown here or anywhere on this site (see methodology).

NHS-funded waiting list
582
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
Waiting under 18 weeks
79.0%
NHS standard: 92%
Median wait
11.5 wks
Incomplete pathways
Waiting over 52 weeks
2
NHS-funded patients
NHS-funded waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
5001,0001,500Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 265821,398April 20231,239May 20231,205June 20231,201July 20231,101August 20231,055September 2023970October 2023845November 2023824December 2023862January 2024635February 2024687March 2024617April 2024576May 2024560June 2024631July 2024622August 2024637September 2024640October 2024694November 2024771December 2024795January 2025819February 2025846March 2025974April 20251,061May 20251,132June 20251,295July 20251,380August 20251,501September 20251,522October 20251,399November 20251,174December 20251,113January 2026994February 2026894March 2026631April 2026582May 2026
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the NHS-funded waiting list
60%80%Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%79.0%70.2%April 202373.8%May 202367.4%June 202357.9%July 202347.4%August 202349.0%September 202346.9%October 202350.1%November 202350.6%December 202349.0%January 202461.9%February 202463.6%March 202472.6%April 202477.8%May 202483.8%June 202487.0%July 202487.6%August 202488.9%September 202488.8%October 202486.3%November 202485.2%December 202484.4%January 202581.2%February 202578.4%March 202580.8%April 202577.8%May 202573.8%June 202570.8%July 202568.1%August 202565.0%September 202559.7%October 202556.6%November 202555.4%December 202555.3%January 202653.3%February 202655.7%March 202675.8%April 202679.0%May 2026

NHS-funded waiting times by specialty

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic49277.4%11.2 wks30.2 wks200
General Surgery7586.7%12.6 wks19.8 wks000
Other - Surgicals1492.9%7.0 wks16.9 wks000
Gastroenterology1100.0%11.5 wks11.9 wks000

Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics, filtered to this hospital's own NHS provider code. About this data

NHS-funded activity only — the outcomes below cover only this hospital's NHS-funded hip & knee replacements, not its private-pay caseload.

Hip & knee replacement — patient outcomes (PROMs)

Financial year 2024-25(finalised) · patients having a primary hip or knee replacement voluntarily score their health before and after surgery. The average gain shown is adjusted for differences between patients (case-mix) — it is not a raw before/after difference and not a ranking, so read it alongside the patient numbers.

Hip replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
22.0
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 22.2
Patients
45
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.39
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
16.1
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 14.5
Patients
59
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
94.9%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.31
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale

Source: NHS England PROMs (hip & knee replacement). About this data

Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics and PROMs. About this data

About this data

The rating on this page comes from the Care Quality Commission's directory and Syndication API — the same source used for NHS hospital pages on this site. We do not hold this hospital's private-pay volumes, fees, waiting times, PROMs or safety data (that data is licensed separately by the Private Healthcare Information Network and is not available under an open licence). NHS England separately publishes this hospital's own NHS-funded RTT waiting-time and PROMs activity, matched via its NHS provider code — shown above, clearly marked as NHS-funded activity only. Read the full methodology.