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The Winterbourne Hospital

Independent hospital

Herringston Road, Dorchester, DT1 2DR · Run by Circle Health Group Limited · 01305263252 · Website

Acute hospital - Independent non-specialist

CQC: Good

CQC rating published 21 November 2025 — 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 Winterbourne 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
Requires improvement
rated September 2022
SurgeryGood
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires improvement
rated September 2022

Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

NHS-funded activity

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

NHS-funded waiting list
422
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
Waiting under 18 weeks
68.0%
NHS standard: 92%
Median wait
11.8 wks
Incomplete pathways
Waiting over 52 weeks
0
NHS-funded patients
NHS-funded waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
300400Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26422355April 2023389May 2023343June 2023361July 2023403August 2023457September 2023442October 2023422November 2023393December 2023398January 2024356February 2024309March 2024263April 2024288May 2024295June 2024332July 2024354August 2024335September 2024322October 2024289November 2024307December 2024290January 2025286February 2025274March 2025276April 2025283May 2025286June 2025315July 2025316August 2025304September 2025324October 2025338November 2025358December 2025383January 2026423February 2026402March 2026417April 2026422May 2026
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the NHS-funded waiting list
70%80%90%Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%68.0%75.8%April 202377.6%May 202380.8%June 202380.9%July 202382.6%August 202383.2%September 202382.8%October 202379.4%November 202374.6%December 202371.9%January 202477.2%February 202477.3%March 202480.6%April 202477.1%May 202484.7%June 202480.1%July 202487.0%August 202486.0%September 202488.8%October 202490.3%November 202482.4%December 202482.1%January 202583.6%February 202589.4%March 202592.4%April 202594.3%May 202593.4%June 202593.3%July 202593.0%August 202593.4%September 202590.7%October 202589.3%November 202587.4%December 202587.2%January 202684.4%February 202675.6%March 202674.8%April 202668.0%May 2026

NHS-funded waiting times by specialty

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic37864.8%12.5 wks27.0 wks000
General Surgery3894.7%9.0 wks16.7 wks000
Other - Others6100.0%2.0 wks6.8 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)
23.3
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 22.1
Patients
45
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
97.8%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.48
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
15.5
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 15.9
Patients
77
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
90.9%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.28
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.