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Spire Washington Hospital

Independent hospital

Picktree Lane, Washington, NE38 9JZ · Run by Spire Healthcare Limited · 01914188660 · Website

Acute hospital - Independent non-specialist

CQC: Good

CQC rating published 15 April 2026 — 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 Washington 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 ratings by service

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

Diagnostic imagingGood
Safe
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated May 2020
OutpatientsGood
Safe
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated May 2020
Termination of pregnancyGood
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated May 2020

Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

NHS-funded activity

Spire Washington 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 only — Spire Washington Hospitalalso carries out private-pay work, which is not shown here or anywhere on this site (see methodology).

NHS-funded waiting list
2,053
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
Waiting under 18 weeks
77.9%
NHS standard: 92%
Median wait
8.9 wks
Incomplete pathways
Waiting over 52 weeks
37
NHS-funded patients
NHS-funded waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
1,0001,5002,000Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 262,0531,955April 20231,772May 20231,775June 20231,574July 20231,333August 20231,472September 20231,362October 20231,303November 20231,288December 20231,446January 20241,336February 20241,349March 20241,301April 20241,139May 20241,085June 20241,254July 20241,113August 20241,168September 20241,297October 20241,484November 20241,430December 20241,385January 20251,485February 20251,546March 20251,479April 20251,374May 20251,388June 20251,314July 20251,357August 20251,455September 20251,417October 20251,526November 20251,506December 20251,592January 20261,596February 20261,642March 20261,795April 20262,053May 2026
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the NHS-funded waiting list
70%80%90%Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%77.9%83.9%April 202384.8%May 202372.3%June 202382.1%July 202379.4%August 202379.9%September 202381.3%October 202382.3%November 202381.8%December 202383.4%January 202482.2%February 202484.7%March 202484.3%April 202481.1%May 202482.0%June 202484.5%July 202487.6%August 202491.4%September 202487.2%October 202476.9%November 202479.1%December 202484.4%January 202583.0%February 202585.8%March 202583.8%April 202581.8%May 202579.7%June 202579.1%July 202581.6%August 202584.8%September 202578.3%October 202582.2%November 202579.5%December 202576.5%January 202675.2%February 202676.1%March 202677.4%April 202677.9%May 2026

NHS-funded waiting times by specialty

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic1,78677.1%9.2 wks31.6 wks3720
General Surgery19287.0%6.4 wks22.6 wks000
Neurosurgical7171.8%9.8 wks33.3 wks000
Gastroenterology4100.0%15.5 wks16.7 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)
22.8
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 23.1
Patients
125
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
98.4%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.43
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
16.0
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 16.2
Patients
160
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
92.5%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.32
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.