St Bartholomew's Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE
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
Barts Health NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including St Bartholomew's Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 122,536 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 12.5 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 12.0 wks | 4,700 |
| Urology | 13.6 wks | 6,071 |
| Orthopaedics | 15.9 wks | 8,893 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 17.8 wks | 6,006 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 11.9 wks | 6,519 |
| Oral surgery | 12.8 wks | 3,568 |
| Neurosurgery | 18.2 wks | 1,441 |
| Plastic surgery | 15.8 wks | 1,351 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 8.0 wks | 4 |
| General medicine | 16.3 wks | 64 |
| Gastroenterology | 12.3 wks | 8,819 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 10.2 wks | 8,277 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 14.6 wks | 7,442 |
| Respiratory medicine | 10.9 wks | 4,286 |
| Neurology | 15.8 wks | 2,987 |
| Rheumatology | 10.2 wks | 1,262 |
| Elderly medicine | 4.3 wks | 179 |
| Gynaecology | 12.1 wks | 9,065 |
| Other medical specialties | 11.2 wks | 20,048 |
| Other mental health | 12.5 wks | 2 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 16.9 wks | 9,647 |
| Other surgical specialties | 9.8 wks | 10,869 |
| Other services | 9.1 wks | 1,036 |
Care Quality Commission rating
St Bartholomew's Hospital: Good. Published 20 September 2017. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Barts Health NHS Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 12 February 2019.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 74.0% of the 46,850 people who went to A&E at Barts Health NHS 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moorfields Eye HospitalMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 0.8 miles | 7.7 wks |
| Great Ormond Street HospitalGreat Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust | 0.9 miles | 11.8 wks |
| The National Hospital For Neurology and NeurosurgeryUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1.0 miles | 12.0 wks |
| Guy's HospitalGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | 1.2 miles | 11.4 wks |
| Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Bolsover Street)Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust | 1.9 miles | 8.9 wks |
| St Mary's Hospital, LondonImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | 3.1 miles | 10.8 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 Barts Health NHS Trust
- Barking Birth Centre, Barking
- Newham University Hospital, London
- The Barkantine Centre, London
- The Royal London Hospital, London
- Whipps Cross University Hospital, London