Tameside General Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Fountain Street, Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 9RW
- Phone
- 0161 922 6000 (Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care 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
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Tameside General Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 16,489 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 8.9 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 7.9 wks | 1,296 |
| Urology | 6.6 wks | 676 |
| Orthopaedics | 11.5 wks | 3,369 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 12.8 wks | 1,792 |
| Oral surgery | 9.8 wks | 772 |
| General medicine | 3.1 wks | 48 |
| Gastroenterology | 6.9 wks | 1,032 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 7.0 wks | 891 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 7.9 wks | 265 |
| Respiratory medicine | 10.0 wks | 541 |
| Rheumatology | 7.9 wks | 350 |
| Elderly medicine | 0.5 wks | 1 |
| Gynaecology | 10.2 wks | 1,757 |
| Other medical specialties | 9.1 wks | 1,258 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 9.0 wks | 917 |
| Other surgical specialties | 5.9 wks | 1,524 |
More about waiting times at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Tameside General Hospital: Good. Published 6 June 2025. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust overall: Good. Published 4 July 2019.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 60.0% of the 11,967 people who went to A&E at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester Royal InfirmaryManchester University NHS Foundation Trust | 6.7 miles | 12.8 wks |
| The Christie Main SiteThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust | 7.8 miles | 4.3 wks |
| Stepping Hill HospitalStockport NHS Foundation Trust | 7.9 miles | 12.9 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.