County Hospital Louth

NHS hospital Run by United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Louth

Address and phone number

Address
High Holme Road, Louth, LN11 0UE
Phone
01522 512512 (United Lincolnshire Teaching 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

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including County Hospital Louth. At the end of August 2026, half of its 69,989 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 13.0 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Waiting times at United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust by specialty, August 2026
SpecialtyMedian waitEngland medianWaiting
General surgery 10.0 wks 12.8 wks 4,379
Urology 9.7 wks 12.2 wks 3,361
Orthopaedics 12.3 wks 13.9 wks 5,934
Ear, nose and throat 20.5 wks 15.4 wks 9,895
Ophthalmology (eyes) 11.0 wks 10.4 wks 5,893
Oral surgery 18.7 wks 16.4 wks 2,962
Neurosurgery 1.5 wks 13.4 wks 1
General medicine 19.3 wks 10.2 wks 410
Gastroenterology 12.4 wks 11.0 wks 5,197
Cardiology (heart) 6.2 wks 11.9 wks 1,375
Dermatology (skin) 14.6 wks 10.5 wks 5,947
Respiratory medicine 9.1 wks 10.4 wks 1,958
Neurology 10.1 wks 13.2 wks 2,509
Rheumatology 18.4 wks 10.9 wks 1,620
Elderly medicine 12.0 wks 7.6 wks 406
Gynaecology 18.3 wks 14.2 wks 6,889
Other medical specialties 9.6 wks 10.7 wks 5,254
Other paediatric specialties 17.2 wks 12.3 wks 1,611
Other surgical specialties 12.2 wks 11.4 wks 4,001
Other services 10.2 wks 8.7 wks 387

More about waiting times at United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Care Quality Commission rating

County Hospital Louth: Good. Published 3 July 2018. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 8 February 2022.

Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.

A&E

In September 2026, 68.8% of the 22,024 people who went to A&E at United Lincolnshire Teaching 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).

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