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6h 54m
estimated wait time
↑ 216 min longer than usual (3 hr 18 min avg)
6 hr 54 min
longest today
3 hr 29 min
shortest today
3 hr 18 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
Line chart: 100 readings from 09 Jul 05:42 to 10 Jul 06:27. Waiting times range from 58 to 414 minutes.
Forecast Holding steady
Likely wait, next few hours
6 hr
Today vs usual at this hour
10 min below usual

Estimate based on 2,175 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 2pm - busiest around 7am
Typical waits by day of week
Sunday tends to be quietest, Monday busiest
Contact & location
Stadium Road, London, SE18 4QH
Switchboard: 020 8836 6000
Queen Elizabeth Hospital A&E in London
Opening times
MondayOpen 24 hours
TuesdayOpen 24 hours
WednesdayOpen 24 hours
ThursdayOpen 24 hours
Friday TodayOpen 24 hours
SaturdayOpen 24 hours
SundayOpen 24 hours
CQC Rating
requires improvement
Inspected 8 Aug 2023
Getting here
Train stations
Woolwich Dockyard19 min walk to A&E
Charlton Station20 min walk to A&E
Woolwich Arsenal Station23 min walk to A&E
Woolwich Station26 min walk to A&E
Westcombe Park29 min walk to A&E
Metro / tram
Woolwich Arsenal DLR Station24 min walk to A&E
King George V DLR Station35 min walk to A&E
London City Airport DLR Station36 min walk to A&E
Pontoon Dock DLR Station37 min walk to A&E
West Silvertown DLR Station42 min walk to A&E
Bus stops
7 routes·2 operators·5 stops within walking distance
Queen Elizabeth Hospital / Main Entrance (Stop H1, northbound)2 min walk to A&E
161StagecoachChislehurst ↔ North Greenwich
178Go-AheadLewisham ↔ Woolwich
291Go-AheadCharlton ↔ Plumstead Common
386Go-AheadBlackheath ↔ Woolwich
469Go-AheadCharlton ↔ Erith
486Go-AheadBexleyheath ↔ North Greenwich
Queen Elizabeth Hospital / West Entrance (Stop H3, northbound)2 min walk to A&E
161StagecoachChislehurst ↔ North Greenwich
178Go-AheadLewisham ↔ Woolwich
244Go-AheadAbbey Wood ↔ Charlton
291Go-AheadCharlton ↔ Plumstead Common
386Go-AheadBlackheath ↔ Woolwich
469Go-AheadCharlton ↔ Erith
486Go-AheadBexleyheath ↔ North Greenwich
Queen Elizabeth Hospital / West Entrance (->S, southbound)2 min walk to A&E
291Go-AheadPlumstead Common ↔ Charlton
469Go-AheadErith ↔ Charlton
Queen Elizabeth Hospital / Main Entrance (Stop H2, southbound)2 min walk to A&E
161StagecoachNorth Greenwich ↔ Chislehurst
178Go-AheadWoolwich ↔ Lewisham
291Go-AheadPlumstead Common ↔ Charlton
386Go-AheadWoolwich ↔ Blackheath
469Go-AheadErith ↔ Charlton
486Go-AheadNorth Greenwich ↔ Bexleyheath
Queen Elizabeth Hospital / West Entrance (Stop H4, southbound)3 min walk to A&E
161StagecoachNorth Greenwich ↔ Chislehurst
178Go-AheadWoolwich ↔ Lewisham
244Go-AheadCharlton ↔ Abbey Wood
386Go-AheadWoolwich ↔ Blackheath
486Go-AheadNorth Greenwich ↔ Bexleyheath
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London A&E wait times - last 24 hours
Hour Avg. wait
Today, 5 AM
avg. of 2 readings
6 hr 47 min
Today, 4 AM
avg. of 4 readings
6 hr 2 min
Today, 3 AM
avg. of 4 readings
5 hr 20 min
Today, 2 AM
avg. of 4 readings
4 hr 34 min
Today, 1 AM
avg. of 4 readings
4 hr 14 min
Today, 12 AM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 46 min
Yesterday, 11 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 30 min
Yesterday, 10 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 31 min
Yesterday, 9 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 20 min
Yesterday, 8 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 40 min
Yesterday, 7 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 1 min
Yesterday, 6 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 41 min
Yesterday, 5 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 34 min
Yesterday, 4 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 50 min
Yesterday, 3 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 33 min
Yesterday, 2 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 4 min
Yesterday, 1 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 23 min
Yesterday, 12 PM
avg. of 4 readings
1 hr 55 min
Yesterday, 11 AM
avg. of 4 readings
1 hr 24 min
Yesterday, 10 AM
avg. of 4 readings
1 hr 6 min
Yesterday, 9 AM
avg. of 4 readings
1 hr 5 min
Yesterday, 8 AM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 11 min
Yesterday, 7 AM
avg. of 4 readings
5 hr 16 min
Yesterday, 6 AM
avg. of 4 readings
5 hr 26 min
Departments & services
  • Accident and emergency (A&E)
  • Breast cancer services
  • Breast Surgery
  • Cardiology
  • Children's & Adolescent Services
  • Dementia Services
  • Diabetic Medicine
  • Diagnostic Physiological Measurement
  • Ear, Nose & Throat
  • Emergency Abdominal Surgery
  • Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine
  • Gastrointestinal and Liver services
  • General Surgery
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Gynaecology
  • Haematology
  • Inpatient Diabetes
  • Inpatient mental health services
  • Intensive Care
  • Major trauma
  • Maternity services
  • Neonatal Care
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Obstetrics And Gynaecology
  • Orthopaedics
  • Paediatric Surgery
  • Pain Management
  • Plastic surgery
  • Prostate Cancer Service
  • Respiratory Medicine
  • Rheumatology
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Urology
Recent visitor feedbackreported by visitors
Overall
Not recommended by visitors
Staff
2 of 4 say staff were not friendly or helpful
2 of 3 were not kept informed about their wait
3 of 4 say triage was slow
Environment
3 of 3 say the waiting area was clean
Toilets are clean
3 of 3 did not feel safe in the waiting area
Family
Children’s play area available
3 of 3 say there is a separate children’s waiting area
Facilities
2 of 3 say there is enough seating
3 of 3 say there is no TV
2 of 3 say food and drink is available nearby
No phone charging points
No free WiFi
2 of 3 say mobile signal is good
Parking
2 of 3 say parking was busy
Parking costs £3–5
Payment accepted: card
Based on 4 visitor responses in the last 6 months. This information is collected through a short anonymous survey shown to visitors on this page.
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Where this data comes from
Wait times shown here are sourced from publicly available information published by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS 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 6:27am on 10 Jul 2026.
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Independently captured screenshot of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust’s public wait time page
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