New Forest Birth Centre
Address and phone number
- Address
- Ashurst Hospital, Lyndhurst Road, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AR
- Phone
- 023 8077 7222 (University Hospital Southampton 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
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including New Forest Birth Centre. At the end of August 2026, half of its 64,769 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 12.4 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 13.0 wks | 762 |
| Urology | 13.4 wks | 2,267 |
| Orthopaedics | 17.8 wks | 4,081 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 14.1 wks | 1,680 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 11.8 wks | 6,979 |
| Oral surgery | 17.5 wks | 2,363 |
| Neurosurgery | 10.8 wks | 1,111 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 7.3 wks | 524 |
| General medicine | 9.0 wks | 136 |
| Gastroenterology | 10.0 wks | 1,456 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 12.3 wks | 4,074 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 12.1 wks | 6,029 |
| Respiratory medicine | 9.3 wks | 941 |
| Neurology | 14.4 wks | 6,528 |
| Rheumatology | 9.3 wks | 870 |
| Elderly medicine | 8.6 wks | 325 |
| Gynaecology | 17.0 wks | 3,979 |
| Other medical specialties | 12.4 wks | 9,311 |
| Other mental health | 4.0 wks | 14 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 10.8 wks | 6,438 |
| Other surgical specialties | 9.5 wks | 4,211 |
| Other services | 7.0 wks | 690 |
More about waiting times at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
New Forest Birth Centre: Good. Published 17 April 2019. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust overall: Good. Published 17 April 2019.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 70.7% of the 13,544 people who went to A&E at University Hospital Southampton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Health CentreHampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | 3.9 miles | 8.6 wks |
| Royal Hampshire County HospitalHampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 14.4 miles | 12.8 wks |
| Christchurch HospitalUniversity Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust | 15.5 miles | 12.4 wks |
| Salisbury District HospitalSalisbury NHS Foundation Trust | 15.7 miles | 11.7 wks |
| St Mary's Hospital, NewportIsle of Wight NHS Trust | 15.8 miles | 11.9 wks |
| Gosport War Memorial HospitalPortsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust | 17.7 miles | 13.5 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.
Other hospitals run by University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton
- Southampton General Hospital, Southampton