Salford Royal Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Stott Lane, Salford, M6 8HD
- Phone
- 0161 789 7373 (Northern Care Alliance 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
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Salford Royal Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 136,973 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 15.5 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 18.7 wks | 5,701 |
| Urology | 15.8 wks | 7,581 |
| Orthopaedics | 15.7 wks | 14,823 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 15.9 wks | 9,751 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 17.8 wks | 6,195 |
| Oral surgery | 19.8 wks | 1,884 |
| Neurosurgery | 17.3 wks | 4,225 |
| Plastic surgery | 15.4 wks | 1,359 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 7.5 wks | 1 |
| General medicine | 9.4 wks | 29 |
| Gastroenterology | 15.2 wks | 14,113 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 12.4 wks | 5,402 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 18.3 wks | 15,617 |
| Respiratory medicine | 6.7 wks | 985 |
| Neurology | 13.2 wks | 17,053 |
| Rheumatology | 14.2 wks | 2,002 |
| Elderly medicine | 4.4 wks | 232 |
| Gynaecology | 19.1 wks | 10,229 |
| Other medical specialties | 10.5 wks | 6,375 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 16.5 wks | 4,852 |
| Other surgical specialties | 13.0 wks | 8,452 |
| Other services | 22.3 wks | 112 |
More about waiting times at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Salford Royal Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 30 September 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 22 December 2022.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 70.0% of the 36,218 people who went to A&E at Northern Care Alliance 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trafford General HospitalManchester University NHS Foundation Trust | 3.0 miles | 12.8 wks |
| The Christie Main SiteThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust | 5.5 miles | 4.3 wks |
| Royal Bolton HospitalBolton NHS Foundation Trust | 6.3 miles | 13.3 wks |
| Leigh InfirmaryWrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 7.8 miles | 13.6 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.