County Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Weston Road, Stafford, ST16 3SA
- Phone
- 01782 715444 (University Hospitals of North Midlands 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
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including County Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 75,543 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 13.8 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 13.2 wks | 9,743 |
| Urology | 14.1 wks | 4,511 |
| Orthopaedics | 17.3 wks | 5,244 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 15.4 wks | 4,214 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 15.6 wks | 6,370 |
| Oral surgery | 18.2 wks | 4,215 |
| Neurosurgery | 14.2 wks | 611 |
| Plastic surgery | 8.6 wks | 1,314 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 11.2 wks | 227 |
| Gastroenterology | 13.8 wks | 5,662 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 11.8 wks | 5,218 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 7.9 wks | 1,475 |
| Respiratory medicine | 11.5 wks | 5,001 |
| Neurology | 17.6 wks | 6,767 |
| Rheumatology | 20.0 wks | 2 |
| Elderly medicine | 4.5 wks | 49 |
| Gynaecology | 16.8 wks | 5,663 |
| Other medical specialties | 10.8 wks | 7,323 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 6.9 wks | 1,630 |
| Other surgical specialties | 6.8 wks | 47 |
| Other services | 6.1 wks | 257 |
More about waiting times at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
County Hospital: Good. Published 10 December 2024. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 22 December 2021.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 66.0% of the 26,032 people who went to A&E at University Hospitals of North Midlands 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cannock Chase HospitalThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | 8.6 miles | 12.8 wks |
| Manor HospitalWalsall Healthcare NHS Trust | 16.4 miles | 10.3 wks |
| Queens HospitalUniversity Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust | 18.4 miles | 13.6 wks |
| The Princess Royal HospitalThe Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | 18.6 miles | 12.1 wks |
| Sandwell Health CampusSandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | 20.1 miles | 14.4 wks |
| Russells Hall HospitalThe Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | 21.4 miles | 13.0 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 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke On Trent