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Epsom Hospital is an acute hospital on Dorking Road with a 24-hour Emergency Department, a 24/7 children's area and an urgent treatment centre within the ED; patients needing emergency surgery are transferred to St Helier. It has a delivery suite, birth centre and special care baby unit, and hosts the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre.

Contact details, visiting and parking from the hospital’s official website, checked on 26 September 2026. Please check with the hospital before you travel.

NHSQueue score6.46.4/10Better than most · ranked 31 of 126How it is scored Waiting list11.5 weeksDmedian wait · 66.9% within 18 weeksWaiting times by specialty A&E68.1%seen within 4 hours · August 2026A&E waiting times CQC ratingGoodfor Epsom HospitalInspection details

Epsom Hospital phone numbers

Main switchboard01372 735735

PALS email: est-tr.PALS@nhs.net

In an emergency call 999. For urgent medical advice call NHS 111.

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Where is Epsom Hospital?

Dorking Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 7EG

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Visiting times at Epsom Hospital

The trust publishes no single visiting time: hours vary by ward and are listed in the online ward directory, or call 01372 735735 and ask for the ward. Check with the ward before bringing children or flowers. Do not visit with diarrhoea, vomiting, fever, a cold, a rash or a skin infection.

Parking at Epsom Hospital

Very limited visitor parking (252 spaces including 32 disabled bays and 6 drop-off spaces), run by Saba. Pay on foot: take a ticket at the barrier and pay at the machine before returning to your car (cash or card). EV charge points by the boiler house next to Langley Wing; free motorbike parking by the Woodcote Green Road entrance.

  • up to 20 minutesFree
  • up to 1 hour£3.50
  • up to 2 hours£6.00
  • up to 3 hours£8.00
  • up to 4 hours£10.50
  • up to 5 hours£13.00
  • up to 6 hours£15.50
  • up to 7 hours£18.00
  • over 8 hours (daily fixed rate)£20.00

Free or reduced parking: Free for Blue Badge holders (scan the badge at the pay machine; bays outside Langley Wing, SWLEOC and Mole Valley are limited to 3 hours). Free for outpatients attending 3+ times a week and parents staying overnight on paediatric wards. £3.50 per visit if a clinic overruns by over an hour; £6 a week for haemodialysis patients, close family of ICU/HDU/CCU/neonatal/end of life patients, cardiac rehab and frequent oncology patients; £13 a week for relatives of patients in hospital over 2 weeks.

Getting there

  • By busRoutes serving the hospital include 293, 166, 408, 479, E5, 467 and 623. A shuttle bus links Epsom, St Helier and Sutton hospitals (stop outside the Mole Valley building).
  • By trainEpsom station is about a 15–20 minute walk, or a short bus or taxi ride (direct trains from London Waterloo and Victoria)

How Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust performs

NHS England publishes waiting times for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust as a whole, covering Epsom Hospital and the trust’s other hospitals.

Waiting-list data: July 2026Published by NHS England on · next release expected 8 October 2026 · sources

6.4

NHSQueue score: 6.4 out of 10

Better than mostEpsom and St Helier University Hospitals ranks 31 of 126 NHS hospital trusts in England on the latest official figures.

  • Waiting list (share within 18 weeks)better than 62% of trusts
  • A&E (seen within 4 hours)better than 24% of trusts
  • Diagnostic tests (waiting under 6 weeks)better than 81% of trusts
  • Cancer (28-day and 62-day standards)better than 98% of trusts
  • CQC inspection ratingbetter than 72% of trusts

Each measure is compared with every other NHS hospital trust, then combined: waiting list 35%, A&E 20%, tests 15%, cancer 15%, CQC 15%. How the score works

Waiting list for planned treatment

11.5 weeksD wait grade

median wait · 66.9% under 18 weeks · 56,820 waiting

−191 waiting vs June 2026

Waiting times by specialty

A&E

68.1%

seen within 4 hours in August 2026 · 13,967 attendances

England: 75.0%

A&E waiting times

Diagnostic tests (MRI, CT, endoscopy…)

6.9%

waiting 6+ weeks · 15,274 waiting for a test

July 2026 · standard: under 1%

Test waits

Cancer: diagnosed within 28 days

89.7%

86.8% treated within 62 days

July 2026 · standard 75%

Cancer waiting times

CQC rating for Epsom HospitalGoodUrgent and emergency care: Requires improvement · Maternity: Good · report June 2026

Other hospitals run by Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals

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Epsom Hospital: common questions

What is the phone number for Epsom Hospital?

The main number for Epsom Hospital is 01372 735735. Other useful numbers: paediatric emergency department 01372 735735 ext 6585; maternity triage (call a midwife) 0300 123 5473; maternity assessment unit 01372 735264. For help with a complaint or concern, PALS is on 020 8296 2508.

How much is parking at Epsom Hospital?

Very limited visitor parking (252 spaces including 32 disabled bays and 6 drop-off spaces), run by Saba. Pay on foot: take a ticket at the barrier and pay at the machine before returning to your car (cash or card). EV charge points by the boiler house next to Langley Wing; free motorbike parking by the Woodcote Green Road entrance. Charges: up to 20 minutes: Free, up to 1 hour: £3.50, up to 2 hours: £6.00, up to 3 hours: £8.00. Free for Blue Badge holders (scan the badge at the pay machine; bays outside Langley Wing, SWLEOC and Mole Valley are limited to 3 hours). Free for outpatients attending 3+ times a week and parents staying overnight on paediatric wards. £3.50 per visit if a clinic overruns by over an hour; £6 a week for haemodialysis patients, close family of ICU/HDU/CCU/neonatal/end of life patients, cardiac rehab and frequent oncology patients; £13 a week for relatives of patients in hospital over 2 weeks.

Where is Epsom Hospital?

Epsom Hospital is at Dorking Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 7EG. It is run by Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. By bus: Routes serving the hospital include 293, 166, 408, 479, E5, 467 and 623. A shuttle bus links Epsom, St Helier and Sutton hospitals (stop outside the Mole Valley building).

Does Epsom Hospital have an A&E?

Yes. Epsom Hospital has an emergency department (24 hours, 7 days). Across Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, 68.1% of 13,967 A&E attendances ended within 4 hours in August 2026.

Sources: NHS England statistics on referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times (July 2026), A&E attendances (August 2026), diagnostic waiting times (DM01) and cancer waiting times, published 10 September 2026; hospital sites from the nhs.uk organisation data. Figures are checked against the official national totals before every update.

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