Royal Preston Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9HT
- Phone
- 01772 716565 (Lancashire Teaching Hospitals 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
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Royal Preston Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 62,317 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 14.2 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 20.0 wks | 214 |
| Urology | 12.4 wks | 2,097 |
| Orthopaedics | 16.2 wks | 4,613 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 13.6 wks | 3,219 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 9.2 wks | 3,649 |
| Oral surgery | 17.1 wks | 4,705 |
| Neurosurgery | 13.3 wks | 3,626 |
| Plastic surgery | 15.6 wks | 4,376 |
| General medicine | 19.2 wks | 77 |
| Gastroenterology | 19.7 wks | 1,775 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 11.9 wks | 3,333 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 8.9 wks | 2,161 |
| Respiratory medicine | 12.8 wks | 1,790 |
| Neurology | 17.5 wks | 8,305 |
| Elderly medicine | 6.8 wks | 150 |
| Gynaecology | 13.1 wks | 1,807 |
| Other medical specialties | 14.6 wks | 6,211 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 18.0 wks | 1,800 |
| Other surgical specialties | 13.4 wks | 7,907 |
| Other services | 4.8 wks | 502 |
More about waiting times at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Royal Preston Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 24 November 2023. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 24 November 2023.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 73.0% of the 16,415 people who went to A&E at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Blackburn Birthing CentreEast Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | 10.0 miles | 9.4 wks |
| Clifton HospitalBlackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 12.7 miles | 14.5 wks |
| Wrightington HospitalWrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 13.9 miles | 13.6 wks |
| Southport and Formby District General HospitalMersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 15.6 miles | 12.1 wks |
| Royal Lancaster InfirmaryUniversity Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust | 16.8 miles | 10.8 wks |
| Bolton OneBolton NHS Foundation Trust | 18.7 miles | 13.3 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 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, Chorley