Newark Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Boundary Road, Newark, NG24 4DE
- Phone
- 01623 622515 (Sherwood Forest Hospitals 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
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Newark Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 33,435 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 12.4 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 15.6 wks | 4,247 |
| Urology | 10.1 wks | 2,067 |
| Orthopaedics | 14.1 wks | 3,435 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 12.6 wks | 3,450 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 14.0 wks | 3,299 |
| Oral surgery | 20.6 wks | 1,412 |
| Plastic surgery | 7.9 wks | 153 |
| Gastroenterology | 10.5 wks | 2,773 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 14.6 wks | 2,086 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 8.9 wks | 2,059 |
| Respiratory medicine | 8.0 wks | 1,514 |
| Rheumatology | 3.8 wks | 186 |
| Elderly medicine | 5.6 wks | 102 |
| Gynaecology | 13.3 wks | 3,355 |
| Other medical specialties | 16.6 wks | 2,409 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 8.3 wks | 788 |
| Other surgical specialties | 7.6 wks | 100 |
More about waiting times at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Newark Hospital: Good. Published 7 April 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust overall: Good. Published 14 May 2020.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 74.4% of the 17,182 people who went to A&E at Sherwood Forest 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:
| Hospital | Distance | Trust median wait |
|---|---|---|
| Grantham and District HospitalUnited Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 12.2 miles | 13.0 wks |
| Nottingham City HospitalNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | 15.6 miles | 13.3 wks |
| Retford HospitalDoncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 18.8 miles | 12.4 wks |
| St Mary's Birth CentreUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | 21.0 miles | 14.1 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 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- King's Mill Hospital, Sutton In Ashfield