Musgrove Park Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Musgrove Road, Taunton, TA1 5DA
- Phone
- 01278 432000 (Somerset 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
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Musgrove Park Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 55,401 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 12.0 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 12.2 wks | 2,627 |
| Urology | 16.8 wks | 3,199 |
| Orthopaedics | 12.7 wks | 9,296 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 15.7 wks | 4,851 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 8.6 wks | 3,271 |
| Oral surgery | 23.9 wks | 3,449 |
| Plastic surgery | 8.4 wks | 219 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 4.8 wks | 13 |
| General medicine | 12.0 wks | 52 |
| Gastroenterology | 11.4 wks | 2,086 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 10.3 wks | 2,441 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 8.6 wks | 3,662 |
| Respiratory medicine | 7.8 wks | 1,473 |
| Neurology | 7.4 wks | 1,803 |
| Rheumatology | 14.7 wks | 940 |
| Elderly medicine | 11.3 wks | 683 |
| Gynaecology | 16.0 wks | 4,117 |
| Other medical specialties | 8.7 wks | 3,885 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 11.1 wks | 1,158 |
| Other surgical specialties | 12.5 wks | 5,948 |
| Other services | 5.4 wks | 228 |
Care Quality Commission rating
Musgrove Park Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 4 September 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust overall: Good. Published 23 January 2023.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 71.7% of the 21,855 people who went to A&E at Somerset 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Honiton HospitalRoyal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | 15.2 miles | 12.7 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.