Clacton Maternity Unit
Address and phone number
- Address
- Tower Road, Clacton-on-sea, CO15 1LH
- Phone
- 01206 747474 (East Suffolk and North 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
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Clacton Maternity Unit. At the end of August 2026, half of its 95,346 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 13.5 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 15.8 wks | 6,962 |
| Urology | 14.3 wks | 6,157 |
| Orthopaedics | 17.2 wks | 10,692 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 17.5 wks | 10,902 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 12.4 wks | 9,222 |
| Oral surgery | 19.1 wks | 3,960 |
| Plastic surgery | 11.5 wks | 323 |
| General medicine | 24.6 wks | 624 |
| Gastroenterology | 10.9 wks | 3,802 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 9.8 wks | 3,176 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 10.4 wks | 10,569 |
| Respiratory medicine | 8.7 wks | 1,578 |
| Neurology | 19.0 wks | 3,865 |
| Rheumatology | 14.5 wks | 2,362 |
| Elderly medicine | 4.0 wks | 180 |
| Gynaecology | 14.8 wks | 9,387 |
| Other medical specialties | 10.0 wks | 4,102 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 10.2 wks | 723 |
| Other surgical specialties | 8.5 wks | 6,474 |
| Other services | 7.1 wks | 286 |
More about waiting times at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Clacton Maternity Unit: Good. Published 18 October 2023. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 8 January 2020.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 75.7% of the 25,734 people who went to A&E at East Suffolk and North 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
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Other hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Colchester General Hospital, Colchester
- The Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich