Epsom General Hospital

NHS hospital Run by Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Epsom

Address and phone number

Address
Dorking Road, Epsom, KT18 7EG
Phone
020 8296 2000 (Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust switchboard)
Directions
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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 Epsom General Hospital. 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.

Waiting times at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust by specialty, August 2026
SpecialtyMedian waitEngland medianWaiting
General surgery 14.0 wks 12.8 wks 2,639
Urology 11.2 wks 12.2 wks 1,870
Orthopaedics 13.4 wks 13.9 wks 6,885
Ear, nose and throat 11.4 wks 15.4 wks 2,341
Ophthalmology (eyes) 7.1 wks 10.4 wks 2,599
Oral surgery 12.4 wks 16.4 wks 2,057
General medicine 5.0 wks 10.2 wks 147
Gastroenterology 11.0 wks 11.0 wks 3,491
Cardiology (heart) 13.7 wks 11.9 wks 3,442
Dermatology (skin) 15.0 wks 10.5 wks 3,861
Respiratory medicine 9.4 wks 10.4 wks 1,162
Neurology 14.3 wks 13.2 wks 1,701
Rheumatology 10.2 wks 10.9 wks 659
Elderly medicine 12.4 wks 7.6 wks 183
Gynaecology 13.4 wks 14.2 wks 6,176
Other medical specialties 10.5 wks 10.7 wks 8,605
Other paediatric specialties 14.0 wks 12.3 wks 5,903
Other surgical specialties 11.0 wks 11.4 wks 1,892
Other services 8.4 wks 8.7 wks 1,110

More about waiting times at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Care Quality Commission rating

Epsom General Hospital: Good. 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:

NHS hospitals near Epsom General Hospital
HospitalDistanceTrust median wait
The Royal Marsden - SuttonThe Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust 3.8 miles 5.0 wks
Kingston HospitalKingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust 6.2 miles 12.2 wks
Moorfields At St George'sMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 8.2 miles 7.7 wks
St George's Hospital (Tooting)St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 8.2 miles 12.6 wks
Croydon University HospitalCroydon Health Services NHS Trust 8.3 miles 10.8 wks
East Surrey HospitalSurrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 8.8 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 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust