Dewsbury and District Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Halifax Road, Dewsbury, WF13 4HS
- Phone
- 01924 541000 (Mid Yorkshire Teaching 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
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Dewsbury and District Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 57,958 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 11.7 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 12.4 wks | 1,727 |
| Urology | 11.0 wks | 3,377 |
| Orthopaedics | 15.7 wks | 5,160 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 15.8 wks | 7,337 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 11.8 wks | 5,114 |
| Oral surgery | 11.2 wks | 3,455 |
| Plastic surgery | 9.0 wks | 1,847 |
| General medicine | 4.9 wks | 92 |
| Gastroenterology | 6.7 wks | 3,032 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 6.0 wks | 858 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 5.8 wks | 1,657 |
| Respiratory medicine | 8.6 wks | 1,420 |
| Neurology | 16.0 wks | 2,250 |
| Rheumatology | 8.5 wks | 645 |
| Elderly medicine | 11.8 wks | 497 |
| Gynaecology | 14.9 wks | 6,280 |
| Other medical specialties | 11.6 wks | 7,026 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 14.8 wks | 773 |
| Other surgical specialties | 9.4 wks | 4,634 |
| Other services | 7.4 wks | 777 |
More about waiting times at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Dewsbury and District Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 8 March 2024. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 16 November 2022.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 70.1% of the 24,129 people who went to A&E at Mid Yorkshire Teaching 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 |
|---|---|---|
| St Luke's HospitalBradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 7.2 miles | 11.4 wks |
| Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryCalderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | 7.5 miles | 9.6 wks |
| Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 8.0 miles | 11.0 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 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield
- Pontefract Hospital, Pontefract