Princess Royal Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Lewes Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 4EX
- Phone
- 01903 205111 (University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust switchboard)
Address from the Care Quality Commission; phone number from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Visiting times and parking differ between wards, so check with the hospital before you travel.
Waiting times
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Princess Royal Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 118,148 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 16.9 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 25.4 wks | 2,798 |
| Urology | 16.8 wks | 6,149 |
| Orthopaedics | 18.8 wks | 7,875 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 21.0 wks | 8,156 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 17.4 wks | 13,036 |
| Oral surgery | 22.6 wks | 8,706 |
| Neurosurgery | 13.0 wks | 536 |
| Plastic surgery | 26.5 wks | 1 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 9.3 wks | 112 |
| General medicine | 8.5 wks | 1 |
| Gastroenterology | 17.0 wks | 5,176 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 15.9 wks | 7,763 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 11.0 wks | 9,006 |
| Respiratory medicine | 9.9 wks | 1,581 |
| Neurology | 20.7 wks | 4,781 |
| Rheumatology | 13.4 wks | 1,082 |
| Elderly medicine | 9.6 wks | 153 |
| Gynaecology | 17.4 wks | 11,242 |
| Other medical specialties | 14.7 wks | 7,526 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 13.5 wks | 5,629 |
| Other surgical specialties | 15.4 wks | 16,168 |
| Other services | 12.6 wks | 671 |
More about waiting times at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Princess Royal Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 29 July 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 60.6% of the 33,825 people who went to A&E at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust's departments were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. NHS England publishes this for the trust as a whole. A&E figures over the past year
In an emergency call 999. For urgent help that is not an emergency, use NHS 111 (opens in a new tab).
Other NHS hospitals nearby
You can usually choose where to have planned NHS treatment. Hospitals run by other trusts, with each trust's median wait across all specialties:
| Hospital | Distance | Trust median wait |
|---|---|---|
| Crawley HospitalSurrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | 9.8 miles | 12.6 wks |
| The Queen Victoria Hospital (East Grinstead)Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 10.6 miles | 14.3 wks |
| Crowborough Birthing CentreMaidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | 11.5 miles | 11.5 wks |
| Dorking Community HospitalEpsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust | 19.4 miles | 11.9 wks |
| Eastbourne District General HospitalEast Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | 21.1 miles | 11.3 wks |
| The Royal Marsden - SuttonThe Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust | 24.7 miles | 5.0 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
- Bexhill Hospital, Bexhill-on-sea
- Hove Polyclinic, Hove
- Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton
- Southlands Hospital, Shoreham By Sea
- St Richard's Hospital, Chichester
- Worthing Hospital, Worthing