Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH
- Phone
- 020 3315 8000 (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital 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
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 72,142 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 11.9 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 14.7 wks | 4,217 |
| Urology | 12.1 wks | 6,635 |
| Orthopaedics | 15.9 wks | 5,459 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 17.5 wks | 5,478 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 13.2 wks | 2,439 |
| Oral surgery | 21.3 wks | 2,100 |
| Plastic surgery | 17.1 wks | 3,076 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 11.0 wks | 2 |
| General medicine | 7.6 wks | 61 |
| Gastroenterology | 8.2 wks | 1,698 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 9.1 wks | 1,804 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 9.8 wks | 5,115 |
| Respiratory medicine | 8.9 wks | 1,586 |
| Neurology | 6.3 wks | 1,149 |
| Rheumatology | 10.9 wks | 1,168 |
| Elderly medicine | 10.6 wks | 273 |
| Gynaecology | 8.3 wks | 6,958 |
| Other medical specialties | 8.5 wks | 1,230 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 12.1 wks | 8,747 |
| Other surgical specialties | 13.8 wks | 7,058 |
| Other services | 9.7 wks | 5,889 |
More about waiting times at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital: Good. Published 7 August 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust overall: Good. Published 31 January 2020.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 78.0% of the 28,769 people who went to A&E at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital 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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Royal Marsden - LondonThe Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust | 0.6 miles | 5.0 wks |
| Royal Brompton HospitalGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | 0.6 miles | 11.4 wks |
| Charing Cross HospitalImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | 1.7 miles | 10.8 wks |
| Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Bolsover Street)Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust | 3.2 miles | 8.9 wks |
| Queen Mary's Hospital, LondonSt George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 3.3 miles | 12.6 wks |
| University College Hospital & Elizabeth Garrett Anderson WingUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 3.4 miles | 12.0 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 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth