St Albans City Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Waverley Road, St Albans, AL3 5PN
- Phone
- 01923 244366 (West Hertfordshire 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
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including St Albans City Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 44,408 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 12.0 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 16.4 wks | 3,380 |
| Urology | 11.1 wks | 2,769 |
| Orthopaedics | 16.9 wks | 5,047 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 19.6 wks | 3,095 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 14.4 wks | 3,227 |
| Oral surgery | 17.4 wks | 2,842 |
| General medicine | 5.2 wks | 60 |
| Gastroenterology | 8.6 wks | 3,428 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 10.8 wks | 4,564 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 9.4 wks | 3,602 |
| Respiratory medicine | 8.2 wks | 1,148 |
| Neurology | 11.6 wks | 1,250 |
| Rheumatology | 10.3 wks | 937 |
| Elderly medicine | 6.0 wks | 54 |
| Gynaecology | 11.0 wks | 2,127 |
| Other medical specialties | 9.2 wks | 1,826 |
| Other mental health | 1.7 wks | 4 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 11.2 wks | 2,729 |
| Other surgical specialties | 9.9 wks | 2,175 |
| Other services | 6.0 wks | 144 |
More about waiting times at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
St Albans City Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 17 June 2020. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 17 June 2020.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 87.2% of the 18,240 people who went to A&E at West Hertfordshire 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth Ii HospitalEast and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust | 6.8 miles | 12.1 wks |
| The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Stanmore)Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust | 8.9 miles | 8.9 wks |
| Barnet General HospitalRoyal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | 9.4 miles | 13.2 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 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Hemel Hempstead General Hospital, Hemel Hempstead
- Watford General Hospital, Watford