Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Address and phone number
- Address
- Armthorpe Road, Doncaster, DN2 5LT
- Phone
- 01302 366666 (Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching 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
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Doncaster Royal Infirmary. At the end of August 2026, half of its 55,386 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 12.4 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 10.8 wks | 4,163 |
| Urology | 10.4 wks | 2,731 |
| Orthopaedics | 17.1 wks | 13,041 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 17.9 wks | 6,658 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 11.6 wks | 4,157 |
| Oral surgery | 13.5 wks | 2,103 |
| General medicine | 6.3 wks | 5 |
| Gastroenterology | 11.8 wks | 3,613 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 9.0 wks | 2,321 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 6.6 wks | 2,608 |
| Respiratory medicine | 16.7 wks | 2,507 |
| Rheumatology | 10.7 wks | 837 |
| Elderly medicine | 5.1 wks | 122 |
| Gynaecology | 8.2 wks | 3,022 |
| Other medical specialties | 10.4 wks | 4,931 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 9.0 wks | 285 |
| Other surgical specialties | 9.8 wks | 2,282 |
More about waiting times at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Doncaster Royal Infirmary: Requires improvement. Published 3 August 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 28 March 2024.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 73.3% of the 18,559 people who went to A&E at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rotherham General HospitalThe Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust | 12.6 miles | 11.6 wks |
| Pontefract HospitalMid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | 13.7 miles | 11.7 wks |
| Goole & District HospitalNorthern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust | 16.0 miles | 14.3 wks |
| Barnsley HospitalBarnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 16.2 miles | 11.2 wks |
| Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 23.5 miles | 12.6 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 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Bassetlaw District General Hospital, Worksop
- Montagu Hospital, Mexborough, Mexborough
- Retford Hospital, Retford