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St Mary's Hospital (Newport) A&E Waiting Times

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

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47 min
estimated wait time
↓ 399 min shorter than usual (7 hr 26 min avg)
40 hr 35 min
longest today
5 min
shortest today
7 hr 26 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
30 min
Today vs usual at this hour
1 hr 30 min below usual

Estimate based on 2,146 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 9am - busiest around 7am
Typical waits by day of week
Saturday tends to be quietest, Thursday busiest
Contact & location
St. Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG
St Mary's Hospital A&E in Newport
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
good
Getting here
Metro / tram
Wootton (Isle of Wight Steam Railway)54 min walk to A&E
Bus stops
6 routes·2 operators·5 stops within walking distance
St Mary's Hospital (opposite, northbound)2 min walk to A&E
1Go-AheadNewport ↔ Cowes
1Southern VectisNewport ↔ Cowes
51Southern VectisTotland ↔ Cowes
N1Go-AheadNewport ↔ Cowes
St Mary's Hospital (adjacent, southbound)2 min walk to A&E
1Go-AheadCowes ↔ Newport
51Go-AheadCowes ↔ Newport
N1Go-AheadCowes ↔ Newport
Hampshire Crescent (opp, westbound)4 min walk to A&E
Hampshire Crescent (adj, eastbound)4 min walk to A&E
51Southern VectisTotland ↔ Cowes
Daish Way (W-bound, westbound)4 min walk to A&E
39Go-AheadNewport
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Newport A&E wait times - last 24 hours
Hour Avg. wait
Today, 7 PM
avg. of 3 readings
 40 min
Today, 6 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 31 min
Today, 5 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 1 hr 1 min
Today, 4 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 56 min
Today, 3 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 1 hr 6 min
Today, 2 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 1 hr 42 min
Today, 1 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 1 hr 13 min
Today, 12 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 52 min
Today, 11 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 39 min
Today, 10 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 22 min
Today, 9 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 18 min
Today, 8 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 23 min
Today, 7 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 40 hr 13 min
Today, 6 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 39 hr 13 min
Today, 5 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 38 hr 13 min
Today, 4 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 37 hr 13 min
Today, 3 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 36 hr 13 min
Today, 2 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 35 hr 13 min
Today, 1 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 34 hr 13 min
Today, 12 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 33 hr 13 min
Yesterday, 11 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 32 hr 13 min
Yesterday, 10 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 31 hr 13 min
Yesterday, 9 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 30 hr 13 min
Yesterday, 8 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 29 hr 13 min
Departments & services
  • Accident and emergency (A&E)
  • Allergy services in hospital
  • Ambulance services
  • Asthma services
  • Breast cancer services
  • Breast Surgery
  • Cancer Services
  • Cardiology
  • Cataract Surgery
  • Children's & Adolescent Services
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Colorectal cancer services
  • Community care services
  • Community mental health services
  • Continence services
  • Day treatment services
  • Dementia Services
  • Dermatology
  • Diabetes Clinic providing insulin initiation
  • Diabetic Medicine
  • Diagnostic Endoscopy
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Dietetics
  • Ear, Nose & Throat
  • Emergency Abdominal Surgery
  • Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine
  • Gastrointestinal and Liver services
  • General Medicine
  • General Pathology
  • General Surgery
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Gynaecology
  • Haematology
  • Health visitor services
  • Inpatient Diabetes
  • Inpatient mental health services
  • Intensive Care
  • Intermediate care services
  • Long-term conditions services
  • Major trauma
  • Maternity services
  • Memory services
  • Neonatal Care
  • Neurology
  • NHS psychological therapies services (IAPT), including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
  • Obstetrics And Gynaecology
  • Occupational therapy services
  • Ophthalmology
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Orthopaedics
  • Orthotics and Prosthetics
  • Paediatric Surgery
  • Pain Management
  • Pharmacy
  • Phlebotomy
  • Physiotherapy
  • Podiatry
  • Prison health services
  • Prostate Cancer Service
  • Rehabilitation care services
  • Respiratory Medicine
  • Rheumatology
  • School health services
  • Sexual health services
  • Speech and language services
  • Stroke
  • Urology
  • Wheelchair services
Nearby A&E & urgent care
Royal Hospital Children's A&E
52.3 mi away
Moderate wait
Frome Urgent Treatment Centre
57.1 mi away
Long wait
Yeovil District Hospital A&E
60.4 mi away
Long wait
Prince Charles Hospital A&E
60.5 mi away
Long wait
Shepton Mallet Urgent Treatment Centre
63.8 mi away
Long wait

There are also other nearby A&Es which collect wait times from the community, including Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southampton General Hospital and Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

Where this data comes from
Wait times shown here are sourced from publicly available information published by Isle of Wight 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 8:44pm on 5 Jun 2026.
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Independently captured screenshot of Isle of Wight NHS Trust’s public wait time page
Captured at 8:44 pm on Friday 5 June 2026

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