Harrogate District Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Harrogate and District Nhsft, Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate, HG2 7SX
- Phone
- 01423 885959 (Harrogate and District 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
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Harrogate District Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 21,733 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 10.6 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 10.5 wks | 2,126 |
| Urology | 8.3 wks | 1,116 |
| Orthopaedics | 13.2 wks | 3,575 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 15.4 wks | 2,810 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 9.1 wks | 1,502 |
| Oral surgery | 13.6 wks | 897 |
| General medicine | 1.0 wks | 2 |
| Gastroenterology | 10.2 wks | 996 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 12.5 wks | 1,346 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 5.2 wks | 1,597 |
| Respiratory medicine | 4.3 wks | 185 |
| Neurology | 17.6 wks | 1,023 |
| Rheumatology | 6.5 wks | 342 |
| Elderly medicine | 5.2 wks | 87 |
| Gynaecology | 9.1 wks | 1,488 |
| Other medical specialties | 9.5 wks | 1,201 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 8.2 wks | 543 |
| Other surgical specialties | 9.5 wks | 835 |
| Other services | 2.0 wks | 62 |
More about waiting times at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Harrogate District Hospital: Good. Published 7 January 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust overall: Good. Published 14 March 2019.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 72.1% of the 7,119 people who went to A&E at Harrogate and District 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wharfedale HospitalLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 9.2 miles | 11.0 wks |
| Bradford Royal InfirmaryBradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 17.2 miles | 11.4 wks |
| Easingwold Satellite Renal UnitYork and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 17.7 miles | 14.5 wks |
| Airedale General HospitalAiredale NHS Foundation Trust | 19.3 miles | 10.4 wks |
| Pinderfields HospitalMid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | 20.9 miles | 11.7 wks |
| Calderdale Royal HospitalCalderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | 24.3 miles | 9.6 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.