Southport and Formby District General Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Town Lane, Southport, PR8 6PN
- Phone
- 0151 426 1600 (Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS 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
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Southport and Formby District General Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 84,572 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 12.1 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 14.1 wks | 6,314 |
| Urology | 12.0 wks | 5,490 |
| Orthopaedics | 9.7 wks | 7,922 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 14.3 wks | 7,932 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 11.7 wks | 3,871 |
| Oral surgery | 15.8 wks | 2,511 |
| Neurosurgery | 28.5 wks | 39 |
| Plastic surgery | 17.8 wks | 8,821 |
| General medicine | 5.7 wks | 321 |
| Gastroenterology | 9.2 wks | 7,862 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 12.1 wks | 2,731 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 15.2 wks | 8,208 |
| Respiratory medicine | 9.5 wks | 1,155 |
| Rheumatology | 13.0 wks | 1,566 |
| Elderly medicine | 9.1 wks | 414 |
| Gynaecology | 11.3 wks | 6,269 |
| Other medical specialties | 10.6 wks | 6,908 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 7.9 wks | 2,828 |
| Other surgical specialties | 14.1 wks | 3,254 |
| Other services | 8.0 wks | 156 |
More about waiting times at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Southport and Formby District General Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 29 November 2019. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust overall: Outstanding. Published 20 March 2019.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 73.3% of the 25,375 people who went to A&E at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton HospitalBlackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 7.7 miles | 14.5 wks |
| Wrightington HospitalWrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 11.4 miles | 13.6 wks |
| The Walton CentreThe Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust | 11.7 miles | 11.6 wks |
| University Hospital AintreeLiverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 11.7 miles | 12.9 wks |
| Liverpool Women's At AintreeLiverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust | 11.7 miles | 13.2 wks |
| Chorley and South Ribble HospitalLancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 14.2 miles | 14.2 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 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Ormskirk District General Hospital, Ormskirk
- St Helens Hospital, St Helens