New Cross Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Wolverhampton Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP
- Phone
- 01902 307999 (The Royal Wolverhampton 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
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including New Cross Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 71,216 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 12.8 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 8.7 wks | 1,198 |
| Urology | 14.3 wks | 5,752 |
| Orthopaedics | 10.8 wks | 6,676 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 17.1 wks | 6,334 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 12.5 wks | 9,374 |
| Oral surgery | 23.3 wks | 4,281 |
| Plastic surgery | 7.4 wks | 121 |
| General medicine | 3.4 wks | 45 |
| Gastroenterology | 13.0 wks | 4,082 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 14.6 wks | 5,782 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 4.7 wks | 1,624 |
| Respiratory medicine | 8.5 wks | 1,979 |
| Neurology | 10.3 wks | 1,865 |
| Rheumatology | 7.4 wks | 1,077 |
| Elderly medicine | 7.5 wks | 62 |
| Gynaecology | 15.2 wks | 5,824 |
| Other medical specialties | 10.6 wks | 6,245 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 19.1 wks | 1,242 |
| Other surgical specialties | 12.5 wks | 7,593 |
| Other services | 13.0 wks | 60 |
More about waiting times at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
New Cross Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 27 March 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust overall: Good. Published 14 February 2020.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 80.0% of the 20,921 people who went to A&E at The Royal Wolverhampton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Manor HospitalWalsall Healthcare NHS Trust | 4.2 miles | 10.3 wks |
| Sandwell Health CampusSandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | 6.7 miles | 14.4 wks |
| Russells Hall HospitalThe Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | 6.8 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 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Cannock Chase Hospital, Cannock