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Homerton University Hospital

Trust Offices, London, E9 6SR · NHS England London

Rated Outstanding by the CQC. Trust-wide at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, 9 in 10 patients would recommend it. The shortest published NHS wait across this NHS trust is 1 week.

About this provider

Funding
NHS
Website
Telephone
02085105555
CQC provider ID
RQX
CQC location ID
RQXM1

Care Quality Commission rating

Most recent inspection: 2023-09-14.

Outstanding 4 of 4 CQC bands

Rating at each inspection

2020-07-02Outstanding
2018-08-10Good
2016-02-11Inspected but not rated
2015-08-17Inspected but not rated
2014-04-24Good

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
Good
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
Outstanding
Are services organised to meet people's needs?
Well-led
Outstanding
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 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and cover all its hospitals.

Inpatient care
79%
would recommend · 952 responses
A&E
76%
would recommend · 473 responses
Outpatient appointments
92%
would recommend · 1,802 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 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital.

62-day treatment
87%
% starting first cancer treatment within 62 days of an urgent GP referral
target 85%
28-day diagnosis
82%
% told they have cancer, or that they do not, within 28 days of an urgent referral
target 75%
31-day treatment
98%
% 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
Breast71%
Lung87%
Bowel74%
Prostate100%
Skin100%
Gynaecological50%
Head and neck67%
Lymphoma33%
Oesophagus and stomach100%
Liver and bile duct100%
Other urological100%
Other blood100%

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 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital.

Lower than expected SHMI 0.791.00 = 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 Homerton Healthcare 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 specialties9 wks75%26,863
Cardiology13 wks70%1,364
Dermatology8 wks81%1,495
Ear, nose and throat11 wks66%2,665
Elderly medicine4 wks94%171
Gastroenterology6 wks94%1,001
General internal medicine11 wks71%79
General surgery13 wks62%2,717
Gynaecology8 wks79%4,324
Neurology3 wks98%300
Oral surgery11 wks69%2,057
Other medical services7 wks91%2,887
Other services1 wks100%6
Other surgical services1 wks99%267
Paediatric services7 wks87%2,346
Plastic surgery15 wks57%250
Respiratory medicine4 wks98%377
Rheumatology2 wks99%167
Trauma and orthopaedics14 wks59%2,536
Urology11 wks68%1,854

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

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