Lincoln County Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Greetwell Road, Lincoln, LN2 5QY
- 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 Lincoln County Hospital. 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.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 10.0 wks | 4,379 |
| Urology | 9.7 wks | 3,361 |
| Orthopaedics | 12.3 wks | 5,934 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 20.5 wks | 9,895 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 11.0 wks | 5,893 |
| Oral surgery | 18.7 wks | 2,962 |
| Neurosurgery | 1.5 wks | 1 |
| General medicine | 19.3 wks | 410 |
| Gastroenterology | 12.4 wks | 5,197 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 6.2 wks | 1,375 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 14.6 wks | 5,947 |
| Respiratory medicine | 9.1 wks | 1,958 |
| Neurology | 10.1 wks | 2,509 |
| Rheumatology | 18.4 wks | 1,620 |
| Elderly medicine | 12.0 wks | 406 |
| Gynaecology | 18.3 wks | 6,889 |
| Other medical specialties | 9.6 wks | 5,254 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 17.2 wks | 1,611 |
| Other surgical specialties | 12.2 wks | 4,001 |
| Other services | 10.2 wks | 387 |
More about waiting times at United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Lincoln County Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 4 September 2025. 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).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Newark HospitalSherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 16.5 miles | 12.4 wks |
| Retford HospitalDoncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 18.9 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 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- County Hospital Louth, Louth
- Grantham and District Hospital, Grantham
- Pilgrim Hospital, Boston