Rotherham General Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Moorgate Road, Rotherham, S60 2UD
- Phone
- 01709 820000 (The Rotherham 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
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Rotherham General Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 29,815 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 11.6 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 13.9 wks | 1,822 |
| Urology | 9.9 wks | 1,336 |
| Orthopaedics | 16.5 wks | 4,888 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 10.7 wks | 2,303 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 10.0 wks | 2,302 |
| Oral surgery | 22.6 wks | 2,102 |
| General medicine | 3.0 wks | 10 |
| Gastroenterology | 11.7 wks | 1,671 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 9.7 wks | 1,740 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 8.8 wks | 2,202 |
| Respiratory medicine | 8.9 wks | 903 |
| Rheumatology | 9.0 wks | 749 |
| Elderly medicine | 4.8 wks | 62 |
| Gynaecology | 15.5 wks | 3,952 |
| Other medical specialties | 8.0 wks | 680 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 11.3 wks | 1,335 |
| Other surgical specialties | 6.9 wks | 1,758 |
More about waiting times at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Rotherham General Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 29 September 2021. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 29 September 2021.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 69.2% of the 10,045 people who went to A&E at The Rotherham 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Montagu Hospital, MexboroughDoncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 6.4 miles | 12.4 wks |
| Barnsley HospitalBarnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 11.9 miles | 11.2 wks |
| Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 12.5 miles | 12.6 wks |
| Pontefract HospitalMid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | 19.2 miles | 11.7 wks |
| King's Mill HospitalSherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 19.8 miles | 12.4 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.