Ludlow Community Hospital
Gravel Hill, Ludlow, SY8 1QX · CQC-registered location of Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust · 01584872201
Acute hospital - NHS non-specialist
CQC also lists a location with the same name registered to The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
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Contains public sector information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
At a glance
Whether this trust meets each official NHS operational standard — not a combined score or ranking.
In plain English
AI-generatedShropshire Community Health NHS Trust reported 3,616 A&E attendances in September 2026, with 99.6% of patients seen within four hours. In August 2026, the trust had 8,162 patients on its waiting list, and 80.9% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 70.6% of staff in the 2025 survey said they would be happy for a friend or relative to be treated there.
Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 8 October 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries
Performance at a glance
NHS England publishes waiting-time and A&E figures per trust, not per building — figures marked Trust-wide cover all of Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, not this site alone.
Performance over time
Trust-wide (Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust) · hover a month for the exact figure · monthly data table
A&E performance
Trust-wide (Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust) · Latest month: September 2026 · all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.
This trust does not run a separate major (Type 1) A&E department — the figures above are for its minor-injury unit(s) or urgent treatment centre(s) — Type 3 in NHS England’s classification.
| Department type | Attendances | Within 4 hours |
|---|---|---|
| All types (official headline) | 3,616 | 99.6% |
| Type 3 — minor injury / UTC | 3,616 | 99.6% |
Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. About this data
Cancer waiting times
Trust-wide (Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust) · Latest month: July 2026.
Source: NHS England Cancer Waiting Times. The 62-day standard is urgent referral to first treatment; the 28-day faster-diagnosis standard is referral to diagnosis or ruling-out. About this data
Staff experience (NHS Staff Survey)
2025 · the views of staff who work at this trust — a measure of workforce culture, morale and confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes. There is no official NHS target for these figures, so they are shown as context, never a pass or fail.
The NHS Staff Survey records the views of staff who chose to respond — a measure of workforce culture, morale and staff confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes or safety. Response rates vary between trusts. England only; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run separate staff surveys on a different basis, so these figures are never compared across nations.
Source: NHS Staff Survey (NHS England), Open Government Licence. About this data
Cancelled operations
Trust-wide (Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust) · Quarter ending 30 June 2026 · last-minute cancellations for NON-CLINICAL reasons (no bed, no staff, an emergency taking priority) — not cancellations chosen by the patient or on clinical grounds. It's a raw count, so larger trusts naturally cancel more in absolute terms — read this alongside the other measures above, not on its own.
Source: NHS England (QMCO). About this data
Diagnostic test waits
Trust-wide (Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust) · Latest month: August 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.
| Test | Waiting list | 6+ weeks | 6+ weeks (count) | 13+ weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultrasound | 80 | 76.3% | 61 | 2 |
| Audiology | 116 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 |
Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data
Waiting times by specialty
Trust-wide (Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust) · Data: August 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics
| Specialty | Waiting | Within 18 wks | Median wait | 9 in 10 wait under | 52+ wks | 65+ wks | 78+ wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trauma and Orthopaedic | 7,257 | 83.0% | 10.2 wks | 21.3 wks | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ear Nose and Throat | 346 | 56.9% | 15.8 wks | 31.3 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oral Surgery | 291 | 62.5% | 13.9 wks | 32.5 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gynaecology | 73 | 86.3% | 9.2 wks | 25.1 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardiology | 66 | 80.3% | 12.5 wks | 26.4 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Respiratory Medicine | 52 | 46.2% | 19.0 wks | 33.9 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| General Surgery | 38 | 86.8% | 11.7 wks | 28.5 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other - Paediatrics | 21 | 61.9% | 15.5 wks | 24.3 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rheumatology | 18 | 77.8% | 8.6 wks | 20.6 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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About this data
Every figure on this page comes from an official publication: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics, NHS England A&E statistics, and the Care Quality Commission directory. Data periods are shown against each figure — NHS England publishes with a lag of around six weeks. Read the full methodology.