Barnsley Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Gawber Road, Barnsley, S75 2EP
- Phone
- 01226 730000 (Barnsley Hospital 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
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Barnsley Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 21,616 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 11.2 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 9.8 wks | 2,027 |
| Urology | 10.1 wks | 1,067 |
| Orthopaedics | 15.2 wks | 2,522 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 13.1 wks | 3,392 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 11.8 wks | 3,487 |
| Oral surgery | 16.0 wks | 1,288 |
| General medicine | 6.1 wks | 39 |
| Gastroenterology | 6.7 wks | 960 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 7.6 wks | 689 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 12.7 wks | 1,871 |
| Respiratory medicine | 4.9 wks | 269 |
| Rheumatology | 4.4 wks | 228 |
| Elderly medicine | 4.0 wks | 79 |
| Gynaecology | 12.3 wks | 2,277 |
| Other medical specialties | 6.9 wks | 583 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 10.9 wks | 811 |
| Other services | 7.8 wks | 27 |
More about waiting times at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Barnsley Hospital: Good. Published 1 September 2023. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust overall: Good. Published 14 March 2018.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 71.3% of the 10,098 people who went to A&E at Barnsley Hospital 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pinderfields HospitalMid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | 9.2 miles | 11.7 wks |
| Montagu Hospital, MexboroughDoncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 9.7 miles | 12.4 wks |
| Rotherham General HospitalThe Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust | 11.9 miles | 11.6 wks |
| Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryCalderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | 14.6 miles | 9.6 wks |
| Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 16.9 miles | 11.0 wks |
| St Luke's HospitalBradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 18.8 miles | 11.4 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.