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Heartlands Hospital (Birmingham) A&E Waiting Times

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Live Updated 11 min ago
4h 1m
estimated wait time
↓ 88 min shorter than usual (5 hr 29 min avg)
8 hr 50 min
longest today
1 hr 46 min
shortest today
5 hr 29 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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Recent waits & what to expect
Forecast Holding steady
Likely wait, next few hours
4 hr 15 min
Today vs usual at this hour
1 hr 5 min below usual

Estimate based on 2,142 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 noon - busiest around 4am
Typical waits by day of week
Sunday tends to be quietest, Wednesday busiest
Contact & location
Bordesley Green East, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 5SS
Switchboard: 0121 424 2000
Heartlands Hospital A&E in Birmingham
Opening times
MondayOpen 24 hours
TuesdayOpen 24 hours
WednesdayOpen 24 hours
ThursdayOpen 24 hours
Friday TodayOpen 24 hours
SaturdayOpen 24 hours
SundayOpen 24 hours
Getting here
Metro / tram
Digbeth High Street (West Midlands Metro)50 min walk to A&E
Curzon Street (West Midlands Metro)50 min walk to A&E
Meriden Street (West Midlands Metro)50 min walk to A&E
Millennium Point (West Midlands Metro)52 min walk to A&E
Albert Street (West Midlands Metro)54 min walk to A&E
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Birmingham A&E wait times - last 24 hours
Hour Avg. wait
Today, 7 PM
avg. of 3 readings
 3 hr 46 min
Today, 6 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 53 min
Today, 5 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 25 min
Today, 4 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 45 min
Today, 3 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 24 min
Today, 2 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 27 min
Today, 1 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 28 min
Today, 12 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 30 min
Today, 11 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 35 min
Today, 10 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 48 min
Today, 9 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 6 hr 25 min
Today, 8 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 8 hr 21 min
Today, 7 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 8 hr 18 min
Today, 6 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 7 hr 47 min
Today, 5 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 6 hr 51 min
Today, 4 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 6 hr 28 min
Today, 3 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 6 hr 10 min
Today, 2 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 5 hr 24 min
Today, 1 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 4 hr 31 min
Today, 12 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 36 min
Yesterday, 11 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 4 hr 3 min
Yesterday, 10 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 6 hr 3 min
Yesterday, 9 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 6 hr 46 min
Yesterday, 8 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 5 hr 48 min
Departments & services
  • Accident and emergency (A&E)
  • Allergy services in hospital
  • Breast cancer services
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiothoracic surgery
  • Children's & Adolescent Services
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Colorectal cancer services
  • Dementia Services
  • Dermatology
  • Diabetic Medicine
  • Diagnostic Endoscopy
  • Diagnostic Physiological Measurement
  • Ear, Nose & Throat
  • Emergency Abdominal Surgery
  • Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine
  • Gastrointestinal and Liver services
  • General Surgery
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Gynaecology
  • Haematology
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Inpatient Diabetes
  • Intensive Care
  • Lung cancer services
  • Major trauma
  • Maternity services
  • Neonatal Care
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Obstetrics And Gynaecology
  • Oesophago-Gastric cancer surgery
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopaedics
  • Paediatric Surgery
  • Physiotherapy
  • Prostate Cancer Service
  • Respiratory Medicine
  • Rheumatology
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Stroke
  • Urology
  • Vascular surgery
Nearby A&E & urgent care
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham A&E
5.1 mi away
Long wait
Midland Metropolitan University Hospital A&E
5.2 mi away
Long wait
Good Hope Hospital A&E
6.2 mi away
Long wait
Sir Robert Peel MIU
10.8 mi away
Short wait
Bromsgrove MIU
13.3 mi away
Short wait

There are also other nearby A&Es which collect wait times from the community, including Solihull Hospital, Manor Hospital and Russells Hall Hospital.

Where this data comes from
Wait times shown here are sourced from publicly available information published by University Hospitals Birmingham 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 8:33pm on 5 Jun 2026.
Verified sourceDirect capture from University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Independently captured screenshot of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust’s public wait time page
Captured at 8:33 pm on Friday 5 June 2026

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