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Salisbury District Hospital

Odstock Road, Salisbury, SP2 8BJ · NHS England South West (South West North)

Rated Good by the CQC at its last published inspection. Trust-wide at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, 9 in 10 patients would recommend it. The shortest published NHS wait across this NHS trust is 5 weeks.

About this provider

Funding
NHS
Website
Telephone
01722336262
CQC provider ID
RNZ
CQC location ID
RNZ02

Care Quality Commission rating

Most recent inspection: 2019-03-01.

Good 3 of 4 CQC bands (most recent published rating)

Rating at each inspection

2019-03-01Good
2017-03-09Inspected but not rated
2016-04-07Requires 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.

Specialties treated here

NHS specialties with a published waiting time at this NHS trust. 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. These figures are for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust and cover all its hospitals.

Inpatient care
98%
would recommend · 495 responses
A&E
81%
would recommend · 461 responses
Outpatient appointments
94%
would recommend · 3,689 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.

Cancer waiting times

How quickly this trust diagnoses and starts treatment for people referred with a suspicion of cancer. Data for March 2026. Targets are the NHS operational standards. No English region currently meets the 62-day standard. These figures are for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital.

62-day treatment
61%
% starting first cancer treatment within 62 days of an urgent GP referral
target 85%
28-day diagnosis
80%
% told they have cancer, or that they do not, within 28 days of an urgent referral
target 75%
31-day treatment
86%
% starting first treatment within 31 days of the decision to treat
target 96%

62-day treatment by cancer type

The share of patients who began treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral, for each type this trust reports. The national aim is 85%. Numbers per type are smaller, so they move more from month to month.

Cancer typeWithin 62 days
Breast66%
Lung82%
Bowel42%
Prostate52%
Skin77%
Gynaecological50%
Head and neck100%
Lymphoma17%
Oesophagus and stomach77%
Liver and bile duct86%
Other urological44%
Other blood80%

NHS England Cancer Waiting Times, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. Provisional monthly data. Small numbers of patients can move a percentage sharply.

Mortality (SHMI)

The Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator compares the number of people who die after care at this trust with the number expected, given how ill the patients were. Rolling 12 months to August 2025. This figure is for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital.

As expected SHMI 0.911.00 = as expected

NHS Digital, Accredited Official Statistic, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. The SHMI is not a measure of the quality of care and a “higher than expected” band is a flag for further investigation, not a judgement. It must not be used to rank trusts. It does not include deaths of patients receiving palliative care where that is coded.

NHS waiting times, trust-wide

Waiting times are reported by NHS trusts, not by individual hospitals. These figures are for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital along with its other sites. Waits at this site may differ.

Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment, latest published month.
SpecialtyMedian waitWithin 18 weeksPatients waiting
All specialties10 wks72%29,733
Cardiology13 wks64%1,866
Dermatology42 wks29%379
Ear, nose and throat14 wks60%2,933
Elderly medicine12 wks68%277
Gastroenterology9 wks76%1,517
General internal medicine6 wks91%11
General surgery10 wks69%1,224
Gynaecology10 wks70%2,687
Ophthalmology9 wks87%1,973
Oral surgery13 wks67%1,831
Other medical services9 wks78%3,406
Other mental health services5 wks84%83
Other services7 wks93%927
Other surgical services8 wks80%1,563
Paediatric services18 wks49%168
Plastic surgery9 wks76%2,034
Respiratory medicine10 wks69%972
Rheumatology10 wks68%656
Trauma and orthopaedics11 wks68%2,712
Urology8 wks81%2,514

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

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