Luton and Dunstable Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Lewsey Road, Luton, LU4 0DZ
- Phone
- 01582 491166 (Bedfordshire 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
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Luton and Dunstable Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 86,990 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 14.5 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 16.3 wks | 4,069 |
| Urology | 13.5 wks | 4,706 |
| Orthopaedics | 20.8 wks | 7,426 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 17.1 wks | 8,574 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 11.8 wks | 3,863 |
| Oral surgery | 22.4 wks | 7,264 |
| Plastic surgery | 15.0 wks | 1,633 |
| General medicine | 5.6 wks | 678 |
| Gastroenterology | 10.2 wks | 3,110 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 15.5 wks | 6,634 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 16.5 wks | 8,467 |
| Respiratory medicine | 12.0 wks | 3,286 |
| Neurology | 15.8 wks | 3,070 |
| Rheumatology | 8.6 wks | 1,158 |
| Elderly medicine | 8.0 wks | 298 |
| Gynaecology | 12.3 wks | 7,133 |
| Other medical specialties | 9.2 wks | 2,943 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 15.1 wks | 5,398 |
| Other surgical specialties | 9.9 wks | 6,276 |
| Other services | 12.7 wks | 1,004 |
More about waiting times at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Luton and Dunstable Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 23 January 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust overall: Good. Published 16 December 2022.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 74.5% of the 27,176 people who went to A&E at Bedfordshire 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hemel Hempstead General HospitalWest Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 9.9 miles | 12.0 wks |
| Lister HospitalEast and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust | 11.4 miles | 12.1 wks |
| Milton Keynes HospitalMilton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 14.4 miles | 14.4 wks |
| Stoke Mandeville HospitalBuckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust | 15.5 miles | 13.5 wks |
| Moorfields At BedfordMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 16.2 miles | 7.7 wks |
| Sir William Gowers CentreUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 19.1 miles | 12.0 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.