Ludlow Community Hospital
Gravel Hill, Ludlow, SY8 1QX · Run by Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust · 01584872201
Acute hospital - NHS non-specialist
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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 4,125 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 98.3% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 7,971 patients on its waiting list, and 82.9% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 70.6% of staff felt happy for a friend or relative to be treated there in the 2025 survey.
Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 16 August 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 hospitals run by Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust.
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: July 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) | 4,125 | 98.3% |
| Type 3 — minor injury / UTC | 4,125 | 98.3% |
Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. About this data
Cancer waiting times
Trust-wide (Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust) · Latest month: April 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: June 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 | 133 | 6.8% | 9 | 0 |
| Audiology | 239 | 4.2% | 10 | 0 |
Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data
Waiting times by specialty
Trust-wide (Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust) · Data: June 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 | 7,011 | 85.3% | 9.5 wks | 20.2 wks | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Oral Surgery | 325 | 52.9% | 17.5 wks | 34.3 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ear Nose and Throat | 312 | 69.9% | 13.1 wks | 26.5 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gynaecology | 100 | 80.0% | 10.6 wks | 25.0 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardiology | 77 | 77.9% | 10.1 wks | 27.3 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Respiratory Medicine | 50 | 62.0% | 15.0 wks | 30.5 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other - Paediatrics | 41 | 70.7% | 13.3 wks | 27.9 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| General Surgery | 37 | 81.1% | 7.5 wks | 23.0 wks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rheumatology | 18 | 72.2% | 12.0 wks | 24.8 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.