Homerton University Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Trust Offices, Homerton Row, Hackney, London, E9 6SR
- Phone
- 020 8510 5555 (Homerton Healthcare 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
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Homerton University Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 25,725 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 9.7 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 12.2 wks | 2,356 |
| Urology | 11.4 wks | 1,556 |
| Orthopaedics | 14.8 wks | 2,580 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 10.9 wks | 2,505 |
| Oral surgery | 10.1 wks | 1,977 |
| Plastic surgery | 16.4 wks | 189 |
| General medicine | 6.3 wks | 44 |
| Gastroenterology | 6.7 wks | 1,010 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 13.6 wks | 1,372 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 9.6 wks | 1,764 |
| Respiratory medicine | 4.4 wks | 300 |
| Neurology | 4.6 wks | 335 |
| Rheumatology | 3.4 wks | 197 |
| Elderly medicine | 4.9 wks | 154 |
| Gynaecology | 9.5 wks | 4,302 |
| Other medical specialties | 7.9 wks | 2,825 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 9.2 wks | 1,986 |
| Other surgical specialties | 1.8 wks | 257 |
| Other services | 2.8 wks | 16 |
More about waiting times at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Homerton University Hospital: Outstanding. Published 14 September 2023. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust overall: Good. Published 10 August 2018.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 78.5% of the 11,472 people who went to A&E at Homerton Healthcare 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 London HospitalBarts Health NHS Trust | 2.2 miles | 12.5 wks |
| Moorfields Eye HospitalMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 2.5 miles | 7.7 wks |
| Guy's HospitalGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | 3.7 miles | 11.4 wks |
| Great Ormond Street HospitalGreat Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust | 3.7 miles | 11.8 wks |
| The National Hospital For Neurology and NeurosurgeryUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 3.8 miles | 12.0 wks |
| The Whittington HospitalWhittington Health NHS Trust | 4.1 miles | 11.6 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.