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The Chiltern Hospital

Independent hospital

London Road, Great Missenden, HP16 0EN · Run by Circle Health Group Limited · 01494890890 · Website

Acute hospital - Independent non-specialist

CQC: Good

CQC rating published 29 November 2021 — 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 Chiltern 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 September 2021. Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

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 November 2021
Medical care (including older people's care)Good
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated November 2021
OutpatientsGood
Safe
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated November 2021
Services for children & young peopleGood
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated November 2021
SurgeryGood
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated November 2021

Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

NHS-funded activity

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

NHS-funded waiting list
402
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
Waiting under 18 weeks
83.8%
NHS standard: 92%
Median wait
6.9 wks
Incomplete pathways
Waiting over 52 weeks
0
NHS-funded patients
NHS-funded waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
400500Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26402420April 2023429May 2023436June 2023485July 2023495August 2023569September 2023570October 2023480November 2023510December 2023515January 2024505February 2024534March 2024542April 2024513May 2024434June 2024436July 2024396August 2024396September 2024463October 2024464November 2024520December 2024499January 2025535February 2025527March 2025496April 2025482May 2025451June 2025451July 2025419August 2025429September 2025457October 2025490November 2025498December 2025455January 2026412February 2026421March 2026381April 2026402May 2026
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the NHS-funded waiting list
40%60%80%Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%83.8%75.0%April 202373.2%May 202377.8%June 202386.6%July 202385.5%August 202384.5%September 202382.5%October 202376.9%November 202372.7%December 202369.3%January 202465.9%February 202465.7%March 202464.4%April 202464.7%May 202461.5%June 202449.5%July 202446.5%August 202445.2%September 202461.1%October 202473.3%November 202476.3%December 202483.0%January 202580.7%February 202579.9%March 202580.6%April 202584.6%May 202578.3%June 202579.4%July 202580.4%August 202580.2%September 202577.9%October 202576.5%November 202579.1%December 202579.6%January 202683.5%February 202680.8%March 202682.9%April 202683.8%May 2026

NHS-funded waiting times by specialty

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic29382.9%6.9 wks25.1 wks000
General Surgery3794.6%5.8 wks16.0 wks000
Gastroenterology3591.4%5.6 wks18.2 wks000
Urology3066.7%13.0 wks31.6 wks000
Other - Others7100.0%1.6 wks11.4 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)
22.6
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 23.3
Patients
71
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.45
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
16.9
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 16.7
Patients
91
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
98.9%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.34
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.