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Carlisle A&E Live Waiting Times

Cumberland Infirmary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

3.6(363 reviews)
Live Updated 13 min ago
4h
estimated wait time
↑ 88 min longer than usual (2 hr 32 min avg)
4 hr
longest today
4 hr
shortest today
2 hr 32 min
usual wait
Typical wait for non-urgent cases. Patients are seen in order of clinical priority. The most seriously ill are always seen first, no matter how busy the department is.
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43 people
waiting
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Recent waits & what to expect
Forecast Holding steady
Likely wait, next few hours
3 hr 55 min
Today vs usual at this hour
1 hr above usual

Estimate based on 4,573 readings over the last 28 days, anchored to today’s recent waits. Actual waits depend on how the day unfolds.

Typical waits by time of day
Usually quietest around 8pm - busiest around 2pm
Typical waits by day of week
Saturday tends to be quietest, Monday busiest
Contact & location
Newtown Road, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 7HY
Switchboard: 01228 523444
Cumberland Infirmary A&E in Carlisle
Opening times
MondayOpen 24 hours
Tuesday TodayOpen 24 hours
WednesdayOpen 24 hours
ThursdayOpen 24 hours
FridayOpen 24 hours
SaturdayOpen 24 hours
SundayOpen 24 hours
CQC Rating
requires improvement
Getting here
Carlisle A&E wait times - last 24 hours
Hour Avg. wait People waiting
Today, 1 AM
avg. of 2 readings
 4 hr 45
Today, 12 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 4 hr 55
Yesterday, 11 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 4 hr 60
Yesterday, 10 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 38 min 62
Yesterday, 9 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 30 min 74
Yesterday, 8 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 30 min 83
Yesterday, 7 PM
avg. of 8 readings
 2 hr 30 min 45
Yesterday, 6 PM
avg. of 8 readings
 3 hr 13 min 58
Yesterday, 5 PM
avg. of 8 readings
 3 hr 9 min 55
Yesterday, 4 PM
avg. of 8 readings
 3 hr 6 min 57
Yesterday, 3 PM
avg. of 8 readings
 3 hr 13 min 55
Yesterday, 2 PM
avg. of 8 readings
 3 hr 20 min 56
Yesterday, 1 PM
avg. of 8 readings
 3 hr 10 min 57
Yesterday, 12 PM
avg. of 8 readings
 2 hr 55 min 55
Yesterday, 11 AM
avg. of 8 readings
 2 hr 42 min 47
Yesterday, 10 AM
avg. of 8 readings
 2 hr 46 min 42
Yesterday, 9 AM
avg. of 8 readings
 2 hr 29 min 33
Yesterday, 8 AM
avg. of 8 readings
 2 hr 21 min 27
Yesterday, 7 AM
avg. of 2 readings
 2 hr 12 min 24
Departments & services
  • Accident and emergency (A&E)
  • Audiology services (community)
  • Breast Surgery
  • Cardiology
  • Child health care services
  • Child protection services
  • Children's & Adolescent Services
  • Continence services
  • COPD services
  • Crisis resolution services
  • Diabetic Medicine
  • Ear, Nose & Throat
  • Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine
  • Gastrointestinal and Liver services
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgery
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Gynaecology
  • Haematology
  • Health visitor services
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Nephrology
  • Nursing services
  • Occupational therapy services
  • Ophthalmology
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Paediatrics services
  • Physiotherapy
  • Rehabilitation
  • Respiratory Medicine
  • Rheumatology
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Speech and language services
  • Stroke
  • Urology
  • Vascular surgery
Recent visitor feedbackreported by visitors
Overall
Recommended by visitors
Staff
Staff are friendly and helpful
Triage is typically quick
Environment
Waiting area is clean
Toilets are clean
Waiting area feels safe
Family
Children’s play area available
Separate children’s waiting area
Facilities
Enough seating in the waiting area
Free WiFi is available
Mobile signal is good
Parking
Parking is easy to find
Parking costs £3–5
Payment accepted: card
Based on 1 visitor response in the last 6 months. This information is collected through a short anonymous survey shown to visitors on this page.
Nearby A&E & urgent care
West Cumberland Hospital A&E
35.0 mi away
Long wait
Furness General Hospital A&E
53.5 mi away
Long wait
The Royal Victoria Infirmary A&E
53.5 mi away
Long wait
Royal Lancaster Infirmary A&E
59.4 mi away
Long wait
Daisy Hill Hospital A&E
88.3 mi away
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There are also other nearby A&Es which collect wait times from the community, including Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Of North Durham and Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.

Where this data comes from
Wait times shown here are sourced from publicly available information published by North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. Our system automatically checks the hospital’s website at regular intervals and records the displayed waiting time. Where a trust does not publish waiting times directly, we may source data from third-party applications or services that provide equivalent publicly available information. Data was last checked at 2:21am on 28 Jul 2026.
Verified sourceDirect capture from North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Independently captured screenshot of North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust’s public wait time page
Captured at 2:21 am on Tuesday 28 July 2026

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