St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital For Children
Address and phone number
- Address
- Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, SM5 1AA
- Phone
- 020 8296 2000 (Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS 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
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital For Children. At the end of August 2026, half of its 56,723 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 11.9 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 14.0 wks | 2,639 |
| Urology | 11.2 wks | 1,870 |
| Orthopaedics | 13.4 wks | 6,885 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 11.4 wks | 2,341 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 7.1 wks | 2,599 |
| Oral surgery | 12.4 wks | 2,057 |
| General medicine | 5.0 wks | 147 |
| Gastroenterology | 11.0 wks | 3,491 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 13.7 wks | 3,442 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 15.0 wks | 3,861 |
| Respiratory medicine | 9.4 wks | 1,162 |
| Neurology | 14.3 wks | 1,701 |
| Rheumatology | 10.2 wks | 659 |
| Elderly medicine | 12.4 wks | 183 |
| Gynaecology | 13.4 wks | 6,176 |
| Other medical specialties | 10.5 wks | 8,605 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 14.0 wks | 5,903 |
| Other surgical specialties | 11.0 wks | 1,892 |
| Other services | 8.4 wks | 1,110 |
More about waiting times at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital For Children: Requires improvement. Published 11 June 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust overall: Good. Published 19 September 2019.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 70.8% of the 14,559 people who went to A&E at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS 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 - SuttonThe Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust | 2.6 miles | 5.0 wks |
| Moorfields At St George'sMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 3.2 miles | 7.7 wks |
| St George's Hospital (Tooting)St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 3.2 miles | 12.6 wks |
| Croydon University HospitalCroydon Health Services NHS Trust | 3.3 miles | 10.8 wks |
| Kingston HospitalKingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust | 4.9 miles | 12.2 wks |
| Chelsea and Westminster HospitalChelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 7.2 miles | 11.9 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 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Dorking Community Hospital, Dorking
- Epsom General Hospital, Epsom
- Molesey Community Hospital, West Molesey