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The Alexandra Hospital

Independent hospital

Mill Lane, Cheadle, SK8 2PX · Run by Circle Health Group Limited · 01614283656 · Website

Acute hospital - Independent non-specialist

CQC: Good

CQC rating published 9 March 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.

The Alexandra 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
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good

The Care Quality Commission rates hospitals on five questions. This location was last inspected January 2024. Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

CQC ratings by service

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

Critical careGood
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated January 2020
Diagnostic imagingGood
Safe
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated January 2020
Medical care (including older people's care)Good
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated January 2020
OutpatientsGood
Safe
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated March 2022
Services for children & young peopleGood
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated March 2022
SurgeryGood
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated March 2022
Urgent and emergency servicesGood
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated January 2020

Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

NHS-funded activity

The Alexandra 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 onlyThe Alexandra Hospitalalso carries out private-pay work, which is not shown here or anywhere on this site (see methodology).

NHS-funded waiting list
604
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
Waiting under 18 weeks
63.9%
NHS standard: 92%
Median wait
12.3 wks
Incomplete pathways
Waiting over 52 weeks
0
NHS-funded patients
NHS-funded waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
6008001,000Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26604827April 2023815May 2023790June 2023878July 2023870August 2023840September 2023808October 2023761November 2023742December 2023660January 2024580February 2024548March 2024541April 2024580May 2024648June 2024705July 2024720August 2024719September 2024726October 2024742November 2024804December 2024800January 2025733February 2025739March 2025701April 2025774May 2025806June 2025822July 2025873August 2025846September 2025875October 2025971November 20251,037December 20251,004January 2026922February 2026778March 2026678April 2026604May 2026
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the NHS-funded waiting list
60%80%Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%63.9%77.1%April 202375.2%May 202374.4%June 202369.8%July 202367.8%August 202365.6%September 202364.5%October 202366.4%November 202361.1%December 202368.3%January 202475.9%February 202482.5%March 202485.6%April 202487.1%May 202489.0%June 202490.8%July 202491.0%August 202491.0%September 202490.2%October 202487.5%November 202484.2%December 202484.6%January 202586.4%February 202586.1%March 202584.6%April 202585.5%May 202586.1%June 202584.4%July 202583.5%August 202583.2%September 202579.3%October 202575.1%November 202570.6%December 202564.4%January 202654.9%February 202656.9%March 202659.9%April 202663.9%May 2026

NHS-funded waiting times by specialty

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic37467.1%11.9 wks32.8 wks000
General Surgery20655.3%14.8 wks33.8 wks000
Gastroenterology2487.5%6.3 wks22.1 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)
21.9
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 20.9
Patients
42
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
92.9%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.41
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
17.8
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 18.0
Patients
54
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
92.6%
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.