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Royal South Hants Hospital

Brinton’s Terrace, Southampton, SO14 0YG · Run by Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Acute hospital - NHS non-specialist

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 5 October 2016 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

View the full CQC report & inspection history →

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.

Waiting times
Below NHS standard
87.4% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Meets NHS standard
95.9% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
No data
No data · About this data
Diagnostics
Meets NHS standard
0.7% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
No data
No data · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reported 3,145 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 95.9% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the median waiting time for treatment was 7.3 weeks, and 87.4% of patients were seen within 18 weeks of referral.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 19 August 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries

CQC inspection ratings

Safe
Requires improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires improvement

The Care Quality Commission rates hospitals on five questions. This location was last inspected. Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

CQC ratings by service

CQC rated these services individually — there is no single overall rating for this location.

Families, children and young peopleRequires improvement
rated October 2016
Older peopleRequires improvement
rated October 2016
People experiencing poor mental health (including people with dementia)Requires improvement
rated October 2016
People whose circumstances may make them vulnerableRequires improvement
rated October 2016
People with long term conditionsRequires improvement
rated October 2016
Working age people (including those recently retired and students)Requires improvement
rated October 2016

Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

Estates & facilities

This hospital site specifically (2024/25). A high maintenance backlog means more deferred repairs to buildings and equipment.

Cost per inpatient meal
£6.98
Single en-suite rooms
9
Private rooms with their own bathroom
Single rooms (non-en-suite)
0
Private rooms without their own bathroom
Site floor area
1,795 m²

Source: NHS England Estates Returns Information Collection (ERIC). About this data

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
87.4%
National median: 66.3%
▼ 5.8 pts vs yr agoBetter than 91% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
7.3 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▲ 1.2 wks vs yr agoBetter than 91% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
4,483
National median: 39,587
▲ 528 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
0
National median: 358.5
Better than 88% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
95.9%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 1.5 pts vs yr agoBetter than 91% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
3,145
National median: 14,642
▲ 65 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
0
National median: 194
Better than 81% of trustsData: Jul 2026

NHS England publishes waiting-time and A&E figures per trust, not per building — figures marked Trust-wide cover all hospitals run by Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Performance over time

Trust-wide (Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust) · hover a month for the exact figure · monthly data table

Total waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
3,0004,000Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 264,4832,575April 20212,777May 20213,192June 20213,111July 20213,793August 20213,329September 20213,573October 20213,639November 20213,715December 20213,223January 20223,105February 20223,340March 20223,473April 20233,431May 20233,182June 20233,511July 20233,370August 20233,451September 20233,604October 20233,655November 20233,989December 20233,695January 20243,472February 20243,677March 20243,838April 20243,921May 20243,927June 20243,704July 20243,637August 20243,420September 20243,838October 20243,679November 20244,021December 20243,496January 20253,505February 20253,950March 20253,961April 20254,115May 20253,955June 20254,058July 20254,152August 20253,983September 20254,066October 20254,480November 20254,167December 20254,170January 20264,425February 20264,364March 20264,400April 20264,480May 20264,483June 2026
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the waiting list
90%95%Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%87.4%87.8%April 202189.1%May 202190.6%June 202194.1%July 202195.9%August 202196.2%September 202196.3%October 202195.3%November 202194.3%December 202196.1%January 202295.1%February 202293.2%March 202292.3%April 202394.0%May 202394.9%June 202394.8%July 202396.5%August 202396.3%September 202396.0%October 202395.9%November 202396.1%December 202395.8%January 202495.0%February 202495.1%March 202496.1%April 202495.9%May 202496.1%June 202494.9%July 202493.5%August 202492.5%September 202492.6%October 202492.9%November 202493.1%December 202492.7%January 202590.6%February 202592.2%March 202592.8%April 202593.2%May 202593.2%June 202592.6%July 202592.6%August 202592.1%September 202592.2%October 202592.1%November 202592.0%December 202592.4%January 202692.6%February 202690.5%March 202689.1%April 202689.0%May 202687.4%June 2026
A&E seen within 4 hours
All department types
90%95%100%Apr 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 95%95.9%100.0%April 2020100.0%May 2020100.0%June 2020100.0%July 2020100.0%August 202099.5%September 202099.6%October 2020100.0%November 202099.8%December 202099.7%January 202199.7%February 202199.5%March 2021100.0%April 202199.5%May 202198.9%June 202196.5%July 202196.8%August 202194.6%September 202197.3%October 202198.8%November 202199.3%December 202199.7%January 202299.0%February 202299.7%March 202299.0%April 202297.5%May 202295.9%June 202298.3%July 202297.5%August 202296.9%September 202298.2%October 202295.6%November 202289.9%December 202299.3%January 202397.7%February 202399.3%March 202398.9%April 202398.9%May 202399.3%June 202398.9%July 202399.3%August 202399.0%September 202397.4%October 202399.3%November 202397.5%December 202398.4%January 202498.1%February 202497.7%March 202497.6%April 202497.1%May 202498.7%June 202498.9%July 202499.1%August 202498.2%September 202499.4%October 202498.6%November 202498.3%December 202497.9%January 202598.5%February 202598.0%March 202597.6%April 202594.9%May 202598.3%June 202597.4%July 202597.8%August 202597.7%September 202599.0%October 202598.8%November 202598.9%December 202598.5%January 202699.1%February 202699.3%March 202699.2%April 202697.7%May 202697.4%June 202695.9%July 2026

A&E performance

Trust-wide (Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: July 2026· all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.

A&E attendances
3,145
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
95.9%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
0
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
121
All department types · latest month

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 typeAttendancesWithin 4 hours
All types (official headline)3,14595.9%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC3,14595.9%

Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. 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.

Staff happy for a friend or relative to be treated here
65.7%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff SurveyMedian English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.87
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
58.5%
Agreed · 2025

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 (Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation 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.

Last-minute cancellations
0
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
0
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days

Source: NHS England (QMCO). About this data

Never Events (patient safety)

Trust-wide (Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust) · Financial year 2025/26 · Never Events are rare, serious, wholly-preventable incidents. This is a RAW count for 2025/26— it is NOT adjusted for how much surgery the trust does, and NHS England publishes it to prompt learning, NOT to compare trusts. A higher number is a prompt to look at the trust's own review, not proof it is less safe than a trust with fewer.

Never Events reported
2
Occurring in FY 2025/26 · not a comparative safety score

Source: NHS England. About this data

Diagnostic test waits

Trust-wide (Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: June 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.

Waiting 6+ weeks for a test
0.7%
of 2,875 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
MRI1,0091.6%160
CT scan4760.2%10
Ultrasound1,0580.2%20
DEXA Scan1510.0%00
Cardiology530.0%00
Gastroscopy660.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
0%2.5%5%7.5%Apr 25Jan 260.7%3.8%April 20253.7%May 20251.9%June 20251.6%July 20253.0%August 20251.3%September 20253.5%October 20253.3%November 20252.9%December 20257.7%January 20264.4%February 20265.8%March 20264.1%April 20261.0%May 20260.7%June 2026

Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: June 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic3,46185.0%8.2 wks21.5 wks000
Cardiology28494.7%7.6 wks17.0 wks000
Other - Medicals19999.5%3.0 wks8.9 wks000
General Internal Medicine19789.8%5.9 wks19.7 wks000
Gastroenterology12793.7%5.6 wks17.3 wks000
Rheumatology72100.0%5.0 wks10.6 wks000
Ear Nose and Throat51100.0%2.9 wks9.5 wks000
Elderly Medicine36100.0%2.5 wks6.1 wks000
Respiratory Medicine33100.0%2.5 wks8.7 wks000
Other - Paediatrics20100.0%4.4 wks7.4 wks000
Other - Surgicals366.7%11.5 wks21.8 wks000

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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.