Leighton Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Middlewich Road, Crewe, CW1 4QJ
- Phone
- 01270 255141 (Mid Cheshire Hospitals 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 Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Leighton Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 30,270 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 10.6 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 14.5 wks | 1,118 |
| Urology | 8.9 wks | 1,604 |
| Orthopaedics | 14.7 wks | 3,184 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 13.4 wks | 4,856 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 7.5 wks | 2,721 |
| General medicine | 5.5 wks | 1 |
| Gastroenterology | 20.8 wks | 1,656 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 11.4 wks | 1,586 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 7.8 wks | 4,239 |
| Respiratory medicine | 6.9 wks | 233 |
| Rheumatology | 16.1 wks | 963 |
| Elderly medicine | 4.3 wks | 13 |
| Gynaecology | 13.2 wks | 2,518 |
| Other medical specialties | 7.5 wks | 1,135 |
| Other surgical specialties | 10.4 wks | 3,099 |
| Other services | 5.2 wks | 1,344 |
More about waiting times at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Leighton Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 22 April 2024. 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, 65.2% of the 10,672 people who went to A&E at Mid Cheshire Hospitals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Knutsford and District Community HospitalEast Cheshire NHS Trust | 13.4 miles | 13.4 wks |
| Royal Stoke University HospitalUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust | 13.5 miles | 13.8 wks |
| Halton HospitalNorth Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust | 16.8 miles | 12.5 wks |
| The Countess of Chester HospitalCountess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 18.6 miles | 11.4 wks |
| Altrincham General HospitalManchester University NHS Foundation Trust | 19.2 miles | 12.8 wks |
| Stepping Hill HospitalStockport NHS Foundation Trust | 23.2 miles | 12.9 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.