Emergency department average waiting times
Hospital emergency departments treat and care for people with a serious injury or life-threatening condition. When you go for treatment, staff will assess your medical condition. They treat patients with a serious injury or life-threatening condition first. Waiting times can change quickly.
When you have a medical emergency
If you or someone near you has a life-threatening medical emergency, call 999 immediately or go to your nearest emergency department.
You should only go to a hospital emergency department if you, a friend or relative has a medical emergency.
For urgent treatment which is not immediately life threatening, patients should use the ‘Phone first’ service.
The service is available in all Health and Social Care Trusts:
Further information is available at:
Emergency department waiting times
Waiting times at emergency departments can change quickly without warning. This page lists average waiting times of patients in the previous four-hour period. These times cannot be guaranteed and you may need to wait longer than the time shown.
This information is updated hourly.
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Other healthcare services
There are other healthcare services that give expert care to treat your medical condition.
Picking the most suitable service for your symptoms means you get the right treatment in the right place.
- Emergency healthcare
- How to use to your health services
- Community pharmacists
- Your local doctor (GP)
- GP online services
- GP out of hours service