Wycombe Hospital

NHS hospital Run by Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust High Wycombe

Address and phone number

Address
Queen Alexandra Road, High Wycombe, HP11 2TT
Phone
01494 434411 (Buckinghamshire 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

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Wycombe Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 47,950 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 13.5 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Waiting times at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust by specialty, August 2026
SpecialtyMedian waitEngland medianWaiting
General surgery 15.3 wks 12.8 wks 2,470
Urology 13.0 wks 12.2 wks 2,617
Orthopaedics 16.0 wks 13.9 wks 4,881
Ear, nose and throat 13.9 wks 15.4 wks 4,588
Ophthalmology (eyes) 14.2 wks 10.4 wks 5,381
Oral surgery 9.9 wks 16.4 wks 1,170
Plastic surgery 14.2 wks 14.0 wks 1,513
Gastroenterology 12.2 wks 11.0 wks 3,771
Cardiology (heart) 14.6 wks 11.9 wks 2,766
Dermatology (skin) 11.7 wks 10.5 wks 3,634
Respiratory medicine 9.3 wks 10.4 wks 934
Neurology 16.8 wks 13.2 wks 2,879
Rheumatology 8.5 wks 10.9 wks 465
Elderly medicine 5.5 wks 7.6 wks 288
Gynaecology 18.5 wks 14.2 wks 3,717
Other medical specialties 12.2 wks 10.7 wks 4,504
Other paediatric specialties 13.4 wks 12.3 wks 756
Other surgical specialties 7.8 wks 11.4 wks 1,310
Other services 5.6 wks 8.7 wks 306

More about waiting times at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Care Quality Commission rating

Wycombe Hospital: Good. Published 4 July 2022. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust overall: Good. Published 4 July 2022.

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

A&E

In September 2026, 77.6% of the 14,313 people who went to A&E at Buckinghamshire 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 Wycombe Hospital
HospitalDistanceTrust median wait
Sir William Gowers CentreUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 8.8 miles 12.0 wks
Wexham Park HospitalFrimley Health NHS Foundation Trust 10.1 miles 13.2 wks
Windsor Dialysis UnitRoyal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 11.4 miles 10.1 wks
Harefield HospitalGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 11.7 miles 11.4 wks
Mount Vernon Cancer CentreEast and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust 13.2 miles 12.1 wks
Mount Vernon HospitalThe Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 13.2 miles 12.6 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 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust