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Lancaster Private Hospital

Meadowside, Lancaster, LA1 3RH · BRAND Circle Healthcare Ltd

Rated Requires improvement by the CQC. Trust-wide, 9 in 10 patients would recommend it. The shortest published NHS wait here is 2 weeks.

About this provider

Funding
Independent
Website
Telephone
0152462345
CQC provider ID
1-102643500
CQC location ID
1-128766928

Care Quality Commission rating

Most recent inspection: 2019-10-15.

Requires improvement 2 of 4 CQC bands

Rating at each inspection

2017-03-28Requires improvement

Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. CQC uses a four-band scale and does not issue a star rating.

What the CQC inspected

The CQC rates every service against five key questions. These are the ratings from the most recent inspection.

Safe
Requires improvement
Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
Effective
Good
Does care, treatment and support achieve good outcomes and follow the best available evidence?
Caring
Good
Do staff involve and treat people with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect?
Responsive
Requires improvement
Are services organised to meet people's needs?
Well-led
Requires improvement
Do leadership, management and governance assure high-quality care?

Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30.

Specialties treated here

NHS specialties with a published waiting time at this hospital. Select one for how it compares across the area.

What patients said

The NHS Friends and Family Test asks patients whether they would recommend the service. Responses for May 2026.

Outpatient appointments
100%
would recommend · 22 responses

NHS England Friends and Family Test, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. The FFT is not a formal performance measure and response rates vary between services.

NHS waiting times at this provider

Weeks from referral to treatment, NHS-funded care only.

Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment, latest published month.
SpecialtyMedian waitWithin 18 weeksPatients waiting
All specialties6 wks91%284
General surgery6 wks92%25
Gynaecology5 wks100%53
Other services2 wks100%4
Trauma and orthopaedics6 wks89%202

NHS-funded care only. Does not reflect private appointment availability. Retrieved 2026-08-30.

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Data shown with the date it was retrieved. Waiting times are NHS statistics for the named provider and change every month. How we source and check this.