Hammersmith Hospitals

NHS hospital Run by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London

Address and phone number

Address
Du Cane Road, London, W12 0AE
Phone
020 3311 3311 (Imperial College 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

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Hammersmith Hospitals. At the end of August 2026, half of its 84,392 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 10.8 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Waiting times at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust by specialty, August 2026
SpecialtyMedian waitEngland medianWaiting
General surgery 14.5 wks 12.8 wks 2,233
Urology 14.7 wks 12.2 wks 3,526
Orthopaedics 12.6 wks 13.9 wks 3,215
Ear, nose and throat 13.2 wks 15.4 wks 7,922
Ophthalmology (eyes) 9.6 wks 10.4 wks 5,384
Oral surgery 9.5 wks 16.4 wks 671
Neurosurgery 15.2 wks 13.4 wks 3,018
Plastic surgery 15.6 wks 14.0 wks 2,041
Cardiothoracic surgery 10.8 wks 9.6 wks 661
General medicine 8.8 wks 10.2 wks 92
Gastroenterology 7.9 wks 11.0 wks 2,764
Cardiology (heart) 12.0 wks 11.9 wks 8,185
Dermatology (skin) 10.4 wks 10.5 wks 4,140
Respiratory medicine 9.1 wks 10.4 wks 2,222
Neurology 12.2 wks 13.2 wks 3,172
Rheumatology 7.6 wks 10.9 wks 613
Elderly medicine 6.7 wks 7.6 wks 208
Gynaecology 9.5 wks 14.2 wks 7,051
Other medical specialties 8.9 wks 10.7 wks 13,389
Other paediatric specialties 8.4 wks 12.3 wks 4,076
Other surgical specialties 12.5 wks 11.4 wks 9,366
Other services 6.2 wks 8.7 wks 443

More about waiting times at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Care Quality Commission rating

Hammersmith Hospitals: Requires improvement. Published 23 July 2019. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 23 July 2019.

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

A&E

In September 2026, 75.5% of the 25,063 people who went to A&E at Imperial College 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 Hammersmith Hospitals
HospitalDistanceTrust median wait
Central Middlesex HospitalLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust 1.5 miles 11.9 wks
Chelsea and Westminster HospitalChelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3.4 miles 11.9 wks
The Royal Marsden - LondonThe Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust 3.5 miles 5.0 wks
Royal Brompton HospitalGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 3.6 miles 11.4 wks
The Royal Free HospitalRoyal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 4.1 miles 13.2 wks
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Bolsover Street)Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust 4.2 miles 8.9 wks

Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.

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