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The Ridgeway Hospital

Independent hospital

Moormead Road, Swindon, SN4 9DD · Run by Circle Health Group Limited · 01793814848 · Website

Acute hospital - Independent non-specialist

CQC: Good

CQC rating published 29 June 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 Ridgeway 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
Requires improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good

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

CQC ratings by service

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

Diagnostic and screening servicesGood
Safe
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated June 2022
Medical care (including older people's care)Good
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated June 2022
OutpatientsGood
Safe
Requires improvement
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated June 2022
SurgeryGood
Safe
Requires improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated June 2022

Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

NHS-funded activity

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

NHS-funded waiting list
377
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
Waiting under 18 weeks
83.8%
NHS standard: 92%
Median wait
9.4 wks
Incomplete pathways
Waiting over 52 weeks
0
NHS-funded patients
NHS-funded waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
2505007501,000Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26377853April 2023902May 2023936June 2023923July 2023974August 2023990September 2023957October 2023938November 2023981December 2023980January 2024927February 2024879March 2024855April 2024675May 2024578June 2024468July 2024383August 2024366September 2024348October 2024361November 2024410December 2024389January 2025402February 2025366March 2025342April 2025341May 2025308June 2025326July 2025328August 2025338September 2025321October 2025320November 2025339December 2025343January 2026360February 2026448March 2026430April 2026377May 2026
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the NHS-funded waiting list
40%60%80%Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%83.8%69.3%April 202372.7%May 202373.5%June 202372.6%July 202372.4%August 202367.4%September 202364.7%October 202364.5%November 202358.5%December 202358.7%January 202465.3%February 202467.2%March 202468.9%April 202464.4%May 202454.8%June 202444.7%July 202441.5%August 202448.4%September 202454.3%October 202458.4%November 202459.0%December 202464.8%January 202571.1%February 202571.6%March 202575.4%April 202577.4%May 202580.8%June 202585.0%July 202586.3%August 202585.2%September 202586.3%October 202586.9%November 202584.1%December 202583.7%January 202684.7%February 202671.7%March 202672.3%April 202683.8%May 2026

NHS-funded waiting times by specialty

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Ophthalmology21980.4%12.1 wks25.7 wks000
General Surgery8090.0%5.2 wks19.3 wks000
Gastroenterology5392.5%7.2 wks17.8 wks000
Trauma and Orthopaedic1782.4%5.8 wks27.6 wks000
Gynaecology862.5%10.7 wks37.4 wks000

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