Hospital of St Cross
Address and phone number
- Address
- St Cross Hospital, Barby Road, Rugby, CV22 5PX
- Phone
- 024 7696 4000 (University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire 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 Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Hospital of St Cross. At the end of August 2026, half of its 66,684 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 14.4 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 13.5 wks | 7,814 |
| Urology | 15.2 wks | 3,394 |
| Orthopaedics | 13.1 wks | 5,008 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 23.1 wks | 8,448 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 18.0 wks | 6,583 |
| Oral surgery | 13.2 wks | 3,223 |
| Neurosurgery | 16.5 wks | 4,394 |
| Plastic surgery | 11.9 wks | 556 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 7.7 wks | 316 |
| General medicine | 6.2 wks | 461 |
| Gastroenterology | 8.7 wks | 1,228 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 10.8 wks | 1,976 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 7.2 wks | 3,307 |
| Respiratory medicine | 11.6 wks | 2,468 |
| Neurology | 12.0 wks | 3,242 |
| Rheumatology | 5.9 wks | 624 |
| Elderly medicine | 4.4 wks | 128 |
| Gynaecology | 20.3 wks | 6,107 |
| Other medical specialties | 11.0 wks | 5,455 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 18.5 wks | 1,642 |
| Other services | 6.2 wks | 310 |
More about waiting times at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Hospital of St Cross: Good. Published 15 August 2025. 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, 75.3% of the 21,806 people who went to A&E at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire 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 |
|---|---|---|
| George Eliot NHS HospitalGeorge Eliot Hospital NHS Trust | 13.6 miles | 12.6 wks |
| Warwick HospitalSouth Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust | 14.6 miles | 11.9 wks |
| Leicester Royal InfirmaryUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | 18.8 miles | 14.1 wks |
| Horton General HospitalOxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 21.8 miles | 13.3 wks |
| Kettering General HospitalKettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 22.0 miles | 11.9 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 Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
- University Hospital, Coventry