HospitalCheck

Swaffham Community Hospital

Sporle Road, Swaffham, PE37 7HL · Run by East Of England Community Health And Care NHS Trust · 01603697300

Acute hospital - NHS non-specialist

CQC: Not yet rated

View the full CQC report & inspection history →

Contains public sector information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Swaffham Community Hospital is run by East Of England Community Health And Care NHS Trust.

At a glance

Whether this trust meets each official NHS operational standard — not a combined score or ranking.

Waiting times
Below NHS standard
87.8% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
No data
No data · About this data
Cancer
No data
No data · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
80.1% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
No data
No data · About this data

Estates & facilities

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

Patient & visitor parking
Free
24 spaces · 2 disabled
Cost per inpatient meal
£8.41
Cleaning cost (annual)
£49k
Total cleaning service cost, this site
Single en-suite rooms
0
Private rooms with their own bathroom
Single rooms (non-en-suite)
2
Private rooms without their own bathroom
Site floor area
1,385 m²
Maintenance backlog
£561k
£0 high-risk

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

Cleanliness & environment

This hospital site specifically (2025). Patient-assessed scores — higher is better.

Cleanliness
99.3%
Food & hydration
93.7%
Condition & appearance
93.0%
Privacy & dignity
82.2%
Dementia-friendly
83.5%
Disability-friendly
83.5%

Source: NHS England Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE), scored by teams including patient assessors. About this data

Performance over time

Trust-wide (East Of England Community Health And Care NHS Trust) · hover a month for the exact figure · monthly data table

Total waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
1,0001,5002,000Apr 21Jan 22Jan 241,828804April 2021953May 20211,012June 20211,012July 20211,117August 20211,137September 20211,111October 20211,177November 20211,188December 20211,245January 20221,326February 20221,424March 20221,539April 20231,583May 20231,610June 20231,672July 20231,821August 20231,865September 20231,883October 20231,795November 20231,733December 20231,720January 20241,828February 2024
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the waiting list
90%95%100%Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24NHS standard 92%87.8%99.1%April 202198.2%May 202198.7%June 202198.7%July 202197.5%August 202195.1%September 202194.8%October 202195.2%November 202194.5%December 202196.3%January 202295.7%February 202294.5%March 202295.5%April 202396.0%May 202392.6%June 202392.5%July 202390.6%August 202391.4%September 202389.1%October 202387.9%November 202388.3%December 202387.8%January 202487.8%February 2024

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
77.6%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 0.4 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
7.22
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
74.5%
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

Diagnostic test waits

Trust-wide (East Of England Community Health And Care NHS Trust) · Latest month: August 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.

Waiting 6+ weeks for a test
80.1%
of 1,665 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Audiology1,66580.1%1,334727
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
60%70%80%Apr 2680.1%59.3%April 202662.1%May 202669.7%June 202672.1%July 202680.1%August 2026

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

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (East Of England Community Health And Care NHS Trust) · Data: February 2024 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic89195.5%3.4 wks13.4 wks000
Other - Paediatrics73776.1%11.4 wks23.0 wks000
Other - Others20096.5%2.8 wks13.3 wks000

Other hospitals in this trust

Nearby hospitals

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.