Calderdale Royal Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- The Calderdale Royal Hospital, Salterhebble, Halifax, HX3 0PW
- Phone
- 01484 342000 (Calderdale and Huddersfield 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
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Calderdale Royal Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 35,543 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 9.6 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 9.5 wks | 5,492 |
| Urology | 9.1 wks | 1,858 |
| Orthopaedics | 11.1 wks | 2,458 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 13.9 wks | 5,176 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 6.4 wks | 2,679 |
| Oral surgery | 13.9 wks | 1,607 |
| Plastic surgery | 12.7 wks | 529 |
| General medicine | 8.5 wks | 149 |
| Gastroenterology | 8.6 wks | 2,229 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 9.3 wks | 1,763 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 6.4 wks | 2,015 |
| Respiratory medicine | 8.7 wks | 948 |
| Neurology | 7.2 wks | 725 |
| Rheumatology | 9.5 wks | 1,010 |
| Elderly medicine | 9.6 wks | 204 |
| Gynaecology | 10.0 wks | 3,113 |
| Other medical specialties | 7.1 wks | 1,562 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 9.9 wks | 1,489 |
| Other surgical specialties | 9.6 wks | 351 |
| Other services | 11.6 wks | 186 |
More about waiting times at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Calderdale Royal Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 27 August 2026. 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, 85.3% of the 16,465 people who went to A&E at Calderdale and Huddersfield 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 |
|---|---|---|
| St Luke's HospitalBradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 6.7 miles | 11.4 wks |
| Dewsbury and District HospitalMid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | 8.4 miles | 11.7 wks |
| Airedale General HospitalAiredale NHS Foundation Trust | 14.0 miles | 10.4 wks |
| Leeds Dental InstituteLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 14.1 miles | 11.0 wks |
| Burnley General HospitalEast Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | 16.8 miles | 9.4 wks |
| Tameside General HospitalTameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | 17.1 miles | 8.9 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 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Huddersfield