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The Droitwich Spa Hospital

Independent hospital

St Andrews Road, Droitwich, WR9 8DN · Run by Circle Health Group Limited · 01905793333 · Website

Acute hospital - Independent non-specialist

CQC: Good

CQC rating published 28 May 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.

The Droitwich Spa 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.

Medical care (including older people's care)Good
Safe
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated April 2019
OutpatientsGood
Safe
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated April 2019

Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

NHS-funded activity

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

NHS-funded waiting list
1,346
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
Waiting under 18 weeks
56.4%
NHS standard: 92%
Median wait
16.3 wks
Incomplete pathways
Waiting over 52 weeks
2
NHS-funded patients
NHS-funded waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
1,5002,000Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 261,3461,876April 20231,883May 20231,850June 20232,036July 20232,088August 20232,050September 20231,861October 20231,692November 20231,656December 20231,415January 20241,290February 20241,242March 20241,305April 20241,373May 20241,367June 20241,452July 20241,512August 20241,774September 20242,061October 20242,180November 20242,222December 20242,242January 20252,182February 20252,136March 20251,976April 20251,788May 20251,745June 20251,690July 20251,853August 20251,728September 20251,806October 20251,782November 20251,862December 20251,997January 20261,739February 20261,563March 20261,465April 20261,346May 2026
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the NHS-funded waiting list
60%80%Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%56.4%75.2%April 202374.0%May 202372.9%June 202375.0%July 202368.2%August 202361.0%September 202357.3%October 202355.2%November 202354.5%December 202358.7%January 202466.0%February 202468.8%March 202473.3%April 202475.2%May 202477.2%June 202481.5%July 202480.2%August 202483.8%September 202484.2%October 202481.2%November 202472.8%December 202469.0%January 202568.0%February 202566.2%March 202565.9%April 202566.5%May 202571.2%June 202575.7%July 202576.1%August 202579.3%September 202578.6%October 202575.5%November 202572.1%December 202574.2%January 202671.3%February 202670.2%March 202662.9%April 202656.4%May 2026

NHS-funded waiting times by specialty

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic90155.7%16.7 wks38.5 wks100
General Surgery27247.8%18.8 wks39.1 wks100
Gastroenterology9478.7%7.9 wks39.2 wks000
Ear Nose and Throat2986.2%6.3 wks33.7 wks000
Other - Others2356.5%15.5 wks36.2 wks000
Ophthalmology1872.2%14.0 wks22.6 wks000
Cardiology922.2%23.5 wks37.3 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)
21.4
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 22.8
Patients
46
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
93.5%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.38
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
18.0
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 19.7
Patients
69
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
97.1%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.33
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.