Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN
- Phone
- 0300 422 2222 (Gloucestershire 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
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 66,529 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 10.9 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 1.0 wks | 2 |
| Urology | 8.8 wks | 2,998 |
| Orthopaedics | 17.1 wks | 9,401 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 15.9 wks | 5,506 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 7.8 wks | 3,153 |
| Oral surgery | 14.8 wks | 3,568 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 9.2 wks | 27 |
| General medicine | 9.8 wks | 212 |
| Gastroenterology | 7.7 wks | 4,263 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 10.9 wks | 6,215 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 11.3 wks | 5,613 |
| Respiratory medicine | 8.9 wks | 1,104 |
| Neurology | 9.4 wks | 1,932 |
| Rheumatology | 12.0 wks | 1,209 |
| Elderly medicine | 5.0 wks | 341 |
| Gynaecology | 12.7 wks | 4,501 |
| Other medical specialties | 7.2 wks | 8,301 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 12.0 wks | 1,209 |
| Other surgical specialties | 9.2 wks | 6,251 |
| Other services | 6.0 wks | 723 |
More about waiting times at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 27 August 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 61.8% of the 14,773 people who went to A&E at Gloucestershire 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Evesham Community HospitalWorcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 19.4 miles | 13.8 wks |
| The County HospitalWye Valley NHS Trust | 24.2 miles | 13.0 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 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham
- Stroud Maternity Hospital, Stroud