Royal South Hants Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Brinton’s Terrace, Southampton, SO14 0YG
- Phone
- 023 8087 4000 (Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Royal South Hants Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 4,576 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 8.6 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| Orthopaedics | 9.5 wks | 3,659 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 4.3 wks | 41 |
| General medicine | 7.1 wks | 151 |
| Gastroenterology | 5.8 wks | 103 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 7.3 wks | 244 |
| Respiratory medicine | 3.3 wks | 28 |
| Rheumatology | 5.9 wks | 123 |
| Elderly medicine | 3.4 wks | 35 |
| Other medical specialties | 4.1 wks | 176 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 5.0 wks | 16 |
More about waiting times at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Royal South Hants Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 5 October 2016. 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, 98.2% of the 2,855 people who went to A&E at Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Southampton General HospitalUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | 2.2 miles | 12.4 wks |
| Royal Hampshire County HospitalHampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 10.7 miles | 12.8 wks |
| Gosport War Memorial HospitalPortsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust | 13.6 miles | 13.5 wks |
| St Mary's Hospital, NewportIsle of Wight NHS Trust | 14.5 miles | 11.9 wks |
| Salisbury District HospitalSalisbury NHS Foundation Trust | 19.4 miles | 11.7 wks |
| Christchurch HospitalUniversity Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust | 20.7 miles | 12.4 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 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Adelaide Health Centre, Southampton