Croydon University Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- 530 London Road, Croydon, CR7 7YE
- Phone
- 020 8401 3000 (Croydon Health Services NHS 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
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Croydon University Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 36,350 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 10.8 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 13.8 wks | 2,329 |
| Urology | 6.6 wks | 1,566 |
| Orthopaedics | 9.0 wks | 3,706 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 16.3 wks | 2,196 |
| Oral surgery | 20.7 wks | 2,950 |
| Plastic surgery | 16.3 wks | 84 |
| General medicine | 5.5 wks | 5 |
| Gastroenterology | 10.5 wks | 2,257 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 10.2 wks | 1,467 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 12.8 wks | 2,875 |
| Respiratory medicine | 5.7 wks | 991 |
| Neurology | 11.1 wks | 766 |
| Rheumatology | 12.8 wks | 1,146 |
| Elderly medicine | 7.1 wks | 188 |
| Gynaecology | 11.3 wks | 3,939 |
| Other medical specialties | 7.6 wks | 4,019 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 20.0 wks | 1,149 |
| Other surgical specialties | 8.2 wks | 4,717 |
More about waiting times at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Croydon University Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 25 June 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 11 February 2020.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 72.4% of the 18,461 people who went to A&E at Croydon Health Services NHS 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 Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital For ChildrenEpsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust | 3.3 miles | 11.9 wks |
| Moorfields At St George'sMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 3.9 miles | 7.7 wks |
| St George's Hospital (Tooting)St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 3.9 miles | 12.6 wks |
| The Royal Marsden - SuttonThe Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust | 4.8 miles | 5.0 wks |
| King's College HospitalKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 5.5 miles | 12.3 wks |
| University Hospital LewishamLewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust | 5.9 miles | 12.5 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.