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2h 50m
estimated wait time
↑ 23 min longer than usual (2 hr 27 min avg)
3 hr
longest today
25 min
shortest today
2 hr 27 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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10 people
waiting
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Recent waits & what to expect
Line chart: 100 readings from 04 Jun 19:57 to 05 Jun 20:42. Waiting times range from 25 to 180 minutes.
Forecast Holding steady
Likely wait, next few hours
2 hr 50 min

Estimate based on 2,164 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 8am - busiest around 4pm
Typical waits by day of week
Sunday tends to be quietest, Monday busiest
Contact & location
Skegness & District Hospital, Skegness, PE25 2BS
Skegness Urgent Treatment Centre
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
Train stations
Skegness Rail Station3 min walk to Urgent Treatment Centre
Bus stops
13 routes·4 operators·5 stops within walking distance
District Hospital (adj, north-west)1 min walk to Urgent Treatment Centre
56StagecoachSkegness ↔ Horncastle
57StagecoachSkegness ↔ Boston
District Hospital (opp, south-east)2 min walk to Urgent Treatment Centre
56StagecoachHorncastle ↔ Skegness
7Hunts CoachesSkegness ↔ Alford
Dorothy Avenue (adj, eastbound)2 min walk to Urgent Treatment Centre
2AStagecoachSkegness
B7Brylaine TravelBoston ↔ Skegness
B7XBrylaine TravelBoston ↔ Skegness
M3StagecoachBoston ↔ Skegness
TECStagecoachSkegness
Railway Station (adj, westbound)3 min walk to Urgent Treatment Centre
2StagecoachSkegness
B7Brylaine TravelSkegness ↔ Boston
B7XBrylaine TravelSkegness ↔ Boston
M3StagecoachSkegness ↔ Boston
TECStagecoachSkegness
X57StagecoachChapel St Leonards ↔ Boston
Lincolnshire Imp Cafe (adj, eastbound)3 min walk to Urgent Treatment Centre
2AStagecoachSkegness
59SHunts CoachesSkegness ↔ Anderby Creek
59SCallConnectSkegness ↔ Anderby Creek
7Hunts CoachesAlford ↔ Skegness
96StagecoachChapel St Leonards ↔ Spilsby
B7XBrylaine TravelBoston ↔ Skegness
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Skegness Urgent Treatment Centre wait times - last 24 hours
Hour Avg. wait People waiting
Today, 7 PM
avg. of 3 readings
2 hr 52 min 11
Today, 6 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 10
Today, 5 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 8
Today, 4 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 11
Today, 3 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 12
Today, 2 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 8
Today, 1 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 43 min 13
Today, 12 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 26 min 15
Today, 11 AM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 25 min 14
Today, 10 AM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 21 min 12
Today, 9 AM
avg. of 4 readings
1 hr 21 min 12
Today, 8 AM
avg. of 4 readings
45 min 8
Today, 7 AM
avg. of 4 readings
40 min 3
Today, 6 AM
avg. of 4 readings
29 min 1
Today, 5 AM
avg. of 4 readings
37 min 0
Today, 4 AM
avg. of 4 readings
1 hr 13 min 1
Today, 3 AM
avg. of 4 readings
1 hr 15 min 0
Today, 2 AM
avg. of 4 readings
1 hr 15 min 0
Today, 1 AM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 8 min 1
Today, 12 AM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 1
Yesterday, 11 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 1
Yesterday, 10 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 1
Yesterday, 9 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 3
Yesterday, 8 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 8
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There are also other nearby A&Es which collect wait times from the community, including The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Peterborough City Hospital and Hull Royal Infirmary.

Where this data comes from
Wait times shown here are sourced from publicly available information published by United Lincolnshire Hospitals 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 8:42pm on 5 Jun 2026.
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