St George's Hospital (Tooting)

NHS hospital Run by St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London

Address and phone number

Address
Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London, SW17 0QT
Phone
020 8672 1255 (St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust switchboard)
Directions
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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

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including St George's Hospital (Tooting). At the end of August 2026, half of its 70,983 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 12.6 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Waiting times at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust by specialty, August 2026
SpecialtyMedian waitEngland medianWaiting
General surgery 19.5 wks 12.8 wks 1,234
Urology 12.1 wks 12.2 wks 3,055
Orthopaedics 11.7 wks 13.9 wks 4,118
Ear, nose and throat 15.2 wks 15.4 wks 5,251
Ophthalmology (eyes) 16.3 wks 10.4 wks 70
Oral surgery 13.8 wks 16.4 wks 1,500
Neurosurgery 14.7 wks 13.4 wks 4,087
Plastic surgery 10.7 wks 14.0 wks 1,535
Cardiothoracic surgery 4.9 wks 9.6 wks 303
General medicine 4.4 wks 10.2 wks 159
Gastroenterology 10.0 wks 11.0 wks 2,751
Cardiology (heart) 13.7 wks 11.9 wks 5,695
Dermatology (skin) 11.4 wks 10.5 wks 5,427
Respiratory medicine 12.7 wks 10.4 wks 3,373
Neurology 12.8 wks 13.2 wks 4,528
Rheumatology 11.0 wks 10.9 wks 1,531
Elderly medicine 1.9 wks 7.6 wks 36
Gynaecology 17.4 wks 14.2 wks 4,149
Other medical specialties 11.4 wks 10.7 wks 11,029
Other paediatric specialties 13.3 wks 12.3 wks 3,346
Other surgical specialties 12.9 wks 11.4 wks 5,771
Other services 13.2 wks 8.7 wks 2,035

More about waiting times at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Care Quality Commission rating

St George's Hospital (Tooting): Requires improvement. Published 26 March 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)

Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.

A&E

In September 2026, 78.2% of the 14,107 people who went to A&E at St George's University Hospitals 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:

NHS hospitals near St George's Hospital (Tooting)
HospitalDistanceTrust median wait
Moorfields At St George'sMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 0.0 miles 7.7 wks
St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital For ChildrenEpsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 3.2 miles 11.9 wks
Croydon University HospitalCroydon Health Services NHS Trust 3.9 miles 10.8 wks
Chelsea and Westminster HospitalChelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4.0 miles 11.9 wks
Royal Brompton HospitalGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 4.4 miles 11.4 wks
The Royal Marsden - LondonThe Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust 4.4 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 St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust