Southend University Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 0RY
- Phone
- 01702 435555 (Mid and South Essex 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
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Southend University Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 165,277 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 17.8 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 16.2 wks | 9,158 |
| Urology | 16.6 wks | 10,652 |
| Orthopaedics | 30.8 wks | 11,377 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 24.5 wks | 14,099 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 14.2 wks | 13,629 |
| Oral surgery | 28.3 wks | 7,023 |
| Neurosurgery | 32.0 wks | 52 |
| Plastic surgery | 21.1 wks | 7,067 |
| General medicine | 11.3 wks | 2,312 |
| Gastroenterology | 17.2 wks | 10,047 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 12.3 wks | 11,056 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 20.1 wks | 10,264 |
| Respiratory medicine | 12.9 wks | 4,485 |
| Neurology | 16.3 wks | 5,774 |
| Rheumatology | 22.1 wks | 2,057 |
| Elderly medicine | 7.3 wks | 677 |
| Gynaecology | 19.1 wks | 14,350 |
| Other medical specialties | 15.6 wks | 15,429 |
| Other mental health | 38.5 wks | 1 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 23.2 wks | 4,622 |
| Other surgical specialties | 14.5 wks | 8,305 |
| Other services | 10.4 wks | 2,841 |
More about waiting times at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Southend University Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 17 September 2025. 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, 69.6% of the 37,143 people who went to A&E at Mid and South Essex 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medway Maritime HospitalMedway NHS Foundation Trust | 13.6 miles | 14.8 wks |
| Darent Valley HospitalDartford and Gravesham NHS Trust | 20.2 miles | 13.5 wks |
| Maidstone HospitalMaidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | 21.3 miles | 11.5 wks |
| Queen's HospitalBarking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | 21.9 miles | 11.8 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 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Basildon University Hospital, Basildon
- Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford