Royal Berkshire Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- London Road, Reading, RG1 5AN
- Phone
- 0118 322 5111 (Royal Berkshire 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
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Royal Berkshire Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 34,597 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 10.1 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 9.8 wks | 2,901 |
| Urology | 8.7 wks | 2,206 |
| Orthopaedics | 10.0 wks | 2,231 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 12.2 wks | 2,871 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 11.0 wks | 5,419 |
| Oral surgery | 9.3 wks | 500 |
| Plastic surgery | 10.2 wks | 292 |
| Gastroenterology | 9.8 wks | 3,905 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 10.9 wks | 2,834 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 9.0 wks | 2,620 |
| Respiratory medicine | 7.2 wks | 1,325 |
| Neurology | 8.3 wks | 1,037 |
| Rheumatology | 9.5 wks | 521 |
| Gynaecology | 10.8 wks | 2,847 |
| Other medical specialties | 7.3 wks | 1,158 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 9.5 wks | 1,429 |
| Other surgical specialties | 6.3 wks | 23 |
| Other services | 13.3 wks | 478 |
More about waiting times at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Royal Berkshire Hospital: Good. Published 1 March 2024. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust overall: Good. Published 7 January 2020.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 74.6% of the 19,289 people who went to A&E at Royal Berkshire 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wokingham Community HospitalBerkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | 5.7 miles | 7.1 wks |
| Frimley Park HospitalFrimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | 13.0 miles | 13.2 wks |
| Basingstoke and North Hampshire HospitalHampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 13.4 miles | 12.8 wks |
| Wycombe HospitalBuckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust | 15.0 miles | 13.5 wks |
| St Peter's HospitalAshford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 19.3 miles | 13.9 wks |
| Royal Surrey County HospitalRoyal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust | 21.0 miles | 12.5 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 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- West Berkshire Community Hospital, Thatcham
- Windsor Dialysis Unit, Windsor