Eastbourne District General Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Kings Drive, Eastbourne, BN21 2UD
- Phone
- 01424 755255 (East Sussex Healthcare 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
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Eastbourne District General 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.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 10.9 wks | 4,714 |
| Urology | 15.8 wks | 4,534 |
| Orthopaedics | 9.5 wks | 10,207 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 13.8 wks | 5,269 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 8.8 wks | 3,716 |
| Oral surgery | 17.6 wks | 1,831 |
| General medicine | 1.1 wks | 17 |
| Gastroenterology | 8.6 wks | 3,037 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 13.0 wks | 4,189 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 4.1 wks | 1,011 |
| Respiratory medicine | 13.6 wks | 2,386 |
| Neurology | 10.5 wks | 1,932 |
| Rheumatology | 7.0 wks | 676 |
| Elderly medicine | 6.8 wks | 145 |
| Gynaecology | 16.1 wks | 5,205 |
| Other medical specialties | 12.1 wks | 3,897 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 13.0 wks | 301 |
| Other surgical specialties | 6.2 wks | 1,784 |
| Other services | 8.0 wks | 627 |
More about waiting times at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Eastbourne District General Hospital: Good. 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:
| Hospital | Distance | Trust median wait |
|---|---|---|
| Bexhill HospitalUniversity Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust | 9.9 miles | 16.9 wks |
| Crowborough Birthing CentreMaidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | 18.9 miles | 11.5 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
- Conquest Hospital, St Leonards On Sea