Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, WR5 1DD
- Phone
- 01905 763333 (Worcestershire Acute 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
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Worcestershire Royal Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 59,589 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 13.8 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 14.9 wks | 5,213 |
| Urology | 14.9 wks | 5,029 |
| Orthopaedics | 19.3 wks | 5,536 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 18.8 wks | 7,928 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 12.4 wks | 6,374 |
| Oral surgery | 24.8 wks | 3,868 |
| Plastic surgery | 15.0 wks | 14 |
| General medicine | 13.5 wks | 23 |
| Gastroenterology | 10.3 wks | 2,689 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 8.2 wks | 1,939 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 10.3 wks | 3,061 |
| Respiratory medicine | 12.2 wks | 1,140 |
| Neurology | 4.6 wks | 976 |
| Rheumatology | 8.1 wks | 752 |
| Elderly medicine | 4.5 wks | 14 |
| Gynaecology | 15.3 wks | 5,654 |
| Other medical specialties | 12.0 wks | 5,043 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 10.0 wks | 112 |
| Other surgical specialties | 8.5 wks | 2,603 |
| Other services | 7.8 wks | 1,621 |
More about waiting times at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Worcestershire Royal Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 19 February 2025. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 6 April 2023.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 66.5% of the 21,082 people who went to A&E at Worcestershire Acute 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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Royal Orthopaedic HospitalThe Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 18.3 miles | 12.2 wks |
| Corbett HospitalThe Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | 19.0 miles | 13.0 wks |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital BirminghamUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | 20.6 miles | 11.7 wks |
| Birmingham Women's HospitalBirmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | 20.7 miles | 12.2 wks |
| Cheltenham General HospitalGloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 21.2 miles | 10.9 wks |
| City Health CampusSandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | 23.1 miles | 14.4 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 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
- Alexandra Hospital, Redditch
- Evesham Community Hospital, Evesham
- Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre, Kidderminster