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Wythenshawe Hospital

Southmoor Road, Manchester, M23 9LT · NHS England North (Greater Manchester)

Rated Requires improvement by the CQC. Trust-wide at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, 9 in 10 patients would recommend it. The shortest published NHS wait across this NHS trust is 6 weeks.

About this provider

Funding
NHS
Website
Telephone
01619987070
CQC provider ID
R0A
CQC location ID
R0A07

Care Quality Commission rating

Most recent inspection: 2023-07-28.

Requires improvement 2 of 4 CQC bands

Rating at each inspection

2019-03-19Good

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
Outstanding
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 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 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and cover all its hospitals.

Inpatient care
98%
would recommend · 9,722 responses
A&E
85%
would recommend · 4,541 responses
Outpatient appointments
98%
would recommend · 5,481 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 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital.

62-day treatment
76%
% starting first cancer treatment within 62 days of an urgent GP referral
target 85%
28-day diagnosis
83%
% told they have cancer, or that they do not, within 28 days of an urgent referral
target 75%
31-day treatment
91%
% 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
Breast88%
Lung83%
Bowel72%
Prostate71%
Skin88%
Gynaecological53%
Head and neck68%
Lymphoma64%
Oesophagus and stomach62%
Liver and bile duct71%
Other urological56%
Other blood91%

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 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital.

As expected SHMI 1.031.00 = 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 Manchester University 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 specialties13 wks64%166,898
Cardiology13 wks62%8,413
Cardiothoracic surgery7 wks85%762
Dermatology7 wks77%1,579
Ear, nose and throat14 wks59%8,911
Elderly medicine11 wks61%657
Gastroenterology10 wks75%7,703
General internal medicine7 wks88%212
General surgery14 wks60%5,222
Gynaecology15 wks56%18,629
Neurology13 wks68%65
Ophthalmology10 wks69%11,444
Oral surgery16 wks54%15,758
Other medical services10 wks72%23,782
Other mental health services10 wks97%33
Other services8 wks80%4,197
Other surgical services9 wks75%13,001
Paediatric services14 wks58%18,310
Plastic surgery17 wks50%5,261
Respiratory medicine6 wks93%3,046
Rheumatology6 wks91%1,128
Trauma and orthopaedics15 wks57%12,295
Urology15 wks56%6,490

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

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