Conquest Hospital

NHS hospital Run by East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St Leonards On Sea

Address and phone number

Address
The Ridge, St Leonards On Sea, TN37 7RD
Phone
01424 755255 (East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust switchboard)
Directions
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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

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Conquest Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 55,478 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 11.3 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Waiting times at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust by specialty, August 2026
SpecialtyMedian waitEngland medianWaiting
General surgery 10.9 wks 12.8 wks 4,714
Urology 15.8 wks 12.2 wks 4,534
Orthopaedics 9.5 wks 13.9 wks 10,207
Ear, nose and throat 13.8 wks 15.4 wks 5,269
Ophthalmology (eyes) 8.8 wks 10.4 wks 3,716
Oral surgery 17.6 wks 16.4 wks 1,831
General medicine 1.1 wks 10.2 wks 17
Gastroenterology 8.6 wks 11.0 wks 3,037
Cardiology (heart) 13.0 wks 11.9 wks 4,189
Dermatology (skin) 4.1 wks 10.5 wks 1,011
Respiratory medicine 13.6 wks 10.4 wks 2,386
Neurology 10.5 wks 13.2 wks 1,932
Rheumatology 7.0 wks 10.9 wks 676
Elderly medicine 6.8 wks 7.6 wks 145
Gynaecology 16.1 wks 14.2 wks 5,205
Other medical specialties 12.1 wks 10.7 wks 3,897
Other paediatric specialties 13.0 wks 12.3 wks 301
Other surgical specialties 6.2 wks 11.4 wks 1,784
Other services 8.0 wks 8.7 wks 627

More about waiting times at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Care Quality Commission rating

Conquest Hospital: Outstanding. Published 25 January 2023. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust overall: Good. Published 27 February 2020.

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

A&E

In September 2026, 74.1% of the 16,117 people who went to A&E at East Sussex Healthcare 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:

NHS hospitals near Conquest Hospital
HospitalDistanceTrust median wait
Bexhill HospitalUniversity Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust 4.7 miles 16.9 wks
Crowborough Birthing CentreMaidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 21.2 miles 11.5 wks
William Harvey HospitalEast Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust 23.3 miles 15.7 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 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust