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Princess Anne Hospital is University Hospital Southampton’s maternity hospital, across the road from Southampton General Hospital, delivering around 5,000 babies a year. It is a regional centre for fetal and maternal medicine, with an early pregnancy unit, maternity day assessment unit, labour ward, Broadlands birth centre and one of the largest regional neonatal units. Genetics and breast screening services are also based here. There is no A&E on site.

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 score4.34.3/10Around average · ranked 78 of 126How it is scored Waiting list11.8 weeksFmedian wait · 64.6% within 18 weeksWaiting times by specialty A&E69.6%seen within 4 hours · August 2026A&E waiting times CQC ratingGoodfor Princess Anne HospitalInspection details

Princess Anne Hospital phone numbers

Main switchboard023 8077 7222

PALS email: pals@uhs.nhs.uk

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

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Where is Princess Anne Hospital?

Coxford Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO16 5YA

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Visiting times at Princess Anne Hospital

Maternity

Up to 3 visitors

Burley, Lyndhurst and Broadlands (postnatal) wards: 9am–9pm, no more than three visitors at the bedside; siblings of any age and other children over 3 may visit. One birth partner or support person may also stay during quiet hours, 7.30am–9am and 9pm–11pm.

No flowers or latex balloons on the wards (foil balloons allowed). Do not visit with respiratory or vomiting/diarrhoea symptoms.

Parking at Princess Anne Hospital

Own multi-level car park (yellow car park) entered from Coxford Road, with disabled and parent-and-toddler bays on C level and short-stay drop-off zones. Pay at the pay-on-foot machines on levels B and D before returning to the car. Same tariffs as Southampton General Hospital (from 14 July 2025); more parking across the road at the general hospital.

  • up to 1 hour£2.90
  • up to 2 hours£5.30
  • up to 3 hours£6.30
  • up to 4 hours£7.50
  • up to 5 hours£8.70
  • up to 6 hours£9.90
  • 6 to 12 hours£15.10
  • 12 to 24 hours£18.60

Free or reduced parking: Free motorbike bays on C level. Blue Badge holders exempt and free parking for eligible patients on qualifying benefits (trust-wide rules on the parking charges page).

Getting there

  • By busServed by the same routes as Southampton General Hospital across the road (Xelabus X11, Bluestar 7, 17, 19/19A, Unilink U6H)
  • By trainSouthampton Central is the nearest station; Bluestar 17 and City Red Three buses continue to the Princess Anne Hospital

Shops, food and facilities

  • Smith's Kitchen café (WHSmith) at the main entrance
  • Vending machines
  • Free taxi phone (main entrance, E level)
  • Free Wi-Fi (NHSwifi)

How University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust performs

NHS England publishes waiting times for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust as a whole, covering Princess Anne Hospital and the trust’s other hospitals.

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

4.3

NHSQueue score: 4.3 out of 10

Around averageUniversity Hospital Southampton ranks 78 of 126 NHS hospital trusts in England on the latest official figures.

  • Waiting list (share within 18 weeks)better than 43% of trusts
  • A&E (seen within 4 hours)better than 29% of trusts
  • Diagnostic tests (waiting under 6 weeks)better than 37% of trusts
  • Cancer (28-day and 62-day standards)better than 39% 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

11.8 weeksF wait grade

median wait · 64.6% under 18 weeks · 64,407 waiting

+1,081 waiting vs June 2026

Waiting times by specialty

A&E

69.6%

seen within 4 hours in August 2026 · 12,802 attendances

England: 75.0%

A&E waiting times

Diagnostic tests (MRI, CT, endoscopy…)

20.8%

waiting 6+ weeks · 10,516 waiting for a test

July 2026 · standard: under 1%

Test waits

Cancer: diagnosed within 28 days

75.1%

74.4% treated within 62 days

July 2026 · standard 75%

Cancer waiting times

CQC rating for Princess Anne HospitalGoodMaternity: Good · report August 2023

Other hospitals run by University Hospital Southampton

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust: all hospitals and contact details →

Princess Anne Hospital: common questions

What is the phone number for Princess Anne Hospital?

The main number for Princess Anne Hospital is 023 8077 7222. Other useful numbers: antenatal clinic 023 8120 8714; early pregnancy unit 023 8120 8412; ultrasound scan department 023 8120 6046. For help with a complaint or concern, PALS is on 023 8120 6325.

How much is parking at Princess Anne Hospital?

Own multi-level car park (yellow car park) entered from Coxford Road, with disabled and parent-and-toddler bays on C level and short-stay drop-off zones. Pay at the pay-on-foot machines on levels B and D before returning to the car. Same tariffs as Southampton General Hospital (from 14 July 2025); more parking across the road at the general hospital. Charges: up to 1 hour: £2.90, up to 2 hours: £5.30, up to 3 hours: £6.30, up to 4 hours: £7.50. Free motorbike bays on C level. Blue Badge holders exempt and free parking for eligible patients on qualifying benefits (trust-wide rules on the parking charges page).

Where is Princess Anne Hospital?

Princess Anne Hospital is at Coxford Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO16 5YA. It is run by University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. By bus: Served by the same routes as Southampton General Hospital across the road (Xelabus X11, Bluestar 7, 17, 19/19A, Unilink U6H).

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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