St Thomas' Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH
- Phone
- 020 7188 7188 (Guy's and St Thomas' 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
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including St Thomas' Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 109,320 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 11.4 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 15.5 wks | 1,648 |
| Urology | 16.8 wks | 6,217 |
| Orthopaedics | 13.7 wks | 5,150 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 12.1 wks | 5,455 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 8.9 wks | 3,215 |
| Oral surgery | 8.0 wks | 5,814 |
| Plastic surgery | 18.6 wks | 4,080 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 15.5 wks | 36 |
| General medicine | 11.5 wks | 278 |
| Gastroenterology | 9.1 wks | 3,034 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 14.5 wks | 10,822 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 10.4 wks | 7,531 |
| Respiratory medicine | 13.1 wks | 9,635 |
| Neurology | 6.6 wks | 1,035 |
| Rheumatology | 5.7 wks | 486 |
| Elderly medicine | 4.8 wks | 460 |
| Gynaecology | 18.4 wks | 7,564 |
| Other medical specialties | 8.5 wks | 14,939 |
| Other mental health | 6.0 wks | 50 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 9.5 wks | 8,716 |
| Other surgical specialties | 11.2 wks | 12,362 |
| Other services | 13.5 wks | 793 |
More about waiting times at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
St Thomas' Hospital: Good. Published 3 June 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust overall: Good. Published 23 July 2019.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 75.4% of the 18,283 people who went to A&E at Guy's and St Thomas' 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 |
|---|---|---|
| St Bartholomew's HospitalBarts Health NHS Trust | 1.6 miles | 12.5 wks |
| Great Ormond Street HospitalGreat Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust | 1.7 miles | 11.8 wks |
| The National Hospital For Neurology and NeurosurgeryUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1.7 miles | 12.0 wks |
| Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Bolsover Street)Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust | 2.0 miles | 8.9 wks |
| King's College HospitalKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 2.3 miles | 12.3 wks |
| The Royal Marsden - LondonThe Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust | 2.4 miles | 5.0 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 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Guy's Hospital, London
- Harefield Hospital, Uxbridge
- Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Specialist Care - Wimpole Street, London
- Royal Brompton Hospital, London