Urgent Treatment Centre

Keswick Urgent Treatment Centre Live Waiting Times

Keswick Community Hospital

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Live Updated 4 min ago
1h 30m
estimated wait time
↑ 25 min longer than usual (1 hr 5 min avg)
1 hr 30 min
longest today
30 min
shortest today
1 hr 5 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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Call A&E
The wait time shown above does not apply to urgent or life-threatening cases, which are seen first regardless of the queue. Not sure if you need A&E? Visit NHS 111 online or call 111 (free, 24 hours a day). Life-threatening emergency or serious injury? Call 999.
Recent waits & what to expect
Forecast Steady for now
Expected wait over the next few hours
1 hr 35 min

Built from 509 readings taken here over the last 28 days, then adjusted to how today is going so far. A guide, not a guarantee.

Typical waits by time of day
Usually quietest around 9am - busiest around 1pm
Typical waits by day of week
Thursday tends to be quietest, Monday busiest
Nearby A&E & urgent care
Penrith Community Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre
16.2 mi away
Long wait
West Cumberland Hospital A&E
17.7 mi away
Long wait
Cumberland Infirmary A&E
21.3 mi away
Long wait
Warrington Hospital A&E
86.5 mi away
Short wait
Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre
90.5 mi away
Long wait

There are also other nearby A&Es which collect wait times from the community, including Furness General Hospital, Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary and Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

Contact & location
Crosthwaite Road, Keswick, CA12 5PH
Switchboard: 01768 245678
Opening times
Monday08:30 - 18:00
Tuesday08:30 - 18:00
Wednesday08:30 - 18:00
Thursday08:30 - 18:00
Friday08:30 - 18:00
Saturday08:30 - 18:00
Sunday Today08:30 - 18:00
Getting here
Keswick Urgent Treatment Centre wait times - last 24 hours
Hour Avg. wait
Today, 12 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 1 hr 30 min
Today, 11 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 1 hr 30 min
Today, 10 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 1 hr 30 min
Today, 9 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 30 min
Yesterday, 4 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 30 min
Yesterday, 3 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 1 hr
Yesterday, 2 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 1 hr 30 min
Yesterday, 1 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 1 hr 30 min

About Keswick Community Hospital

Keswick Community Hospital is home to a walk-in urgent treatment centre (no appointment needed) on Crosthwaite Road in Keswick, Cumbria, part of North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. It opens 08:30 - 18:00 every day.

Over the past 28 days, waits here have typically been shortest around 9am and longest around 1pm, a gap of about 60 minutes.

Official NHS performance

95.1%seen within 4 hours
2,973attendances in September 2026
96.4%England average for walk-in units

NHS England publishes these figures for North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust as a whole, covering every walk-in unit the trust runs rather than this site alone. Nationally, walk-in units like this one see 96.4% of patients within four hours, against 60.4% at major A&E departments - which is why minor injuries are usually dealt with faster here.

In the NHS Friends and Family Test for August 2026, 80% of 376 patients who responded across the trust reported a positive experience.

Attendances by year

NHS yearwalk-in attendancesMonthly averageWithin 4 hours
2023-2422,8031,90099.4%
2024-2522,4121,86898.0%
2025-2623,1131,92697.7%
2026-27 (6 months)16,6852,78195.6%

Between 2023-24 and 2025-26, monthly walk-in attendances stayed broadly flat and the share seen within four hours fell by 1.7 percentage points.

Frequently asked questions

How do I check the current Urgent Treatment Centre wait time at Keswick Community Hospital?

The live waiting time for the Urgent Treatment Centre at Keswick Community Hospital is shown at the top of this page, together with when it was last updated.

When is the Urgent Treatment Centre at Keswick Community Hospital quietest?

Based on the last 28 days of readings at Keswick Community Hospital, waits are usually lowest around 9am and highest around 1pm. The typical-day chart on this page shows the full hour-by-hour pattern, and our guide to the best time to visit covers UK-wide patterns.

How long will I wait at Keswick Community Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre?

Urgent Treatment Centres treat urgent but non-life-threatening problems, and most patients are seen more quickly than at a full A&E. You will be assessed on arrival and the most urgent cases go first. For chest pain, stroke symptoms, severe breathing difficulty or major trauma, call 999 instead of attending. NHS England's most recent figures (September 2026) show 95.1% of patients across the trust's walk-in units were seen within four hours.

How often are the waiting times on this page updated?

Figures refresh every 15 minutes, and the last-updated time near the top of the page shows exactly when the newest reading was taken. Waiting times can change quickly, so treat any figure as a guide rather than a guarantee.

Is the Urgent Treatment Centre at Keswick Community Hospital open 24 hours?

No - it is open every day, 08:30 - 18:00. Outside opening hours, the nearby section on this page lists alternative urgent care, or call NHS 111 for advice. In an emergency always call 999.

Where is Keswick Community Hospital and how do I get there?

Keswick Community Hospital is at Crosthwaite Road, Keswick, CA12 5PH. For general enquiries call 01768 245678. Enter your postcode in the Getting here section for a door-to-door route.
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 trust’s published waiting-times page every 15 minutes and records the displayed waiting time. Data was last checked at 12:45pm on 25 Oct 2026. A full list of every source we use, and when each was last checked, is on our data sources page.
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Independently captured screenshot of North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust’s public wait time page
Captured at 12:45 pm on Sunday 25 October 2026

This site is independent and has no affiliation with, or endorsement by, any NHS trust or hospital. Department labels shown (e.g. A&E, MIU, UTC) are our interpretation of the source data and may not match the hospital’s own terminology. Wait times change frequently and may not reflect the current situation, so always contact the hospital directly for the most up-to-date information. If any information is incorrect, please let us know.

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