Helston Birth Centre
Address and phone number
- Address
- Helston Community Hospital, Meneage Road, Helston, TR13 8DR
- Phone
- 01872 250000 (Royal Cornwall 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
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Helston Birth Centre. At the end of August 2026, half of its 45,002 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 9.7 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 14.7 wks | 1,994 |
| Urology | 13.3 wks | 1,964 |
| Orthopaedics | 18.0 wks | 5,637 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 10.8 wks | 3,385 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 8.0 wks | 4,117 |
| Oral surgery | 9.8 wks | 2,453 |
| Gastroenterology | 6.1 wks | 2,022 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 12.7 wks | 2,469 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 6.8 wks | 4,396 |
| Respiratory medicine | 11.4 wks | 667 |
| Neurology | 7.4 wks | 1,054 |
| Rheumatology | 6.0 wks | 552 |
| Elderly medicine | 6.4 wks | 343 |
| Gynaecology | 13.5 wks | 3,608 |
| Other medical specialties | 7.6 wks | 5,365 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 8.3 wks | 732 |
| Other surgical specialties | 8.2 wks | 3,258 |
| Other services | 4.2 wks | 986 |
More about waiting times at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Helston Birth Centre: Good. Published 27 February 2023. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 26 February 2020.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 75.5% of the 19,689 people who went to A&E at Royal Cornwall 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 hospitals run by Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro
- St Austell Hospital - Penrice Birthing Unit, St Austell
- St Michael's Hospital, Hayle
- West Cornwall Hospital, Penzance