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estimated wait time
3 hr 31 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 26 Jul 19:03 to 28 Jul 03:21. Waiting times range from 160 to 253 minutes.
Forecast Holding steady
Likely wait, next few hours
4 hr 5 min

Estimate based on 2,536 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 4pm - busiest around 6am
Typical waits by day of week
Friday tends to be quietest, Wednesday busiest
Contact & location
Upper Newtownards Road, Dundonald, BT16 1RH
Switchboard: (028) 9048 4511
Ulster Hospital A&E in Dundonald
Opening times
MondayOpen 24 hours
Tuesday TodayOpen 24 hours
WednesdayOpen 24 hours
ThursdayOpen 24 hours
FridayOpen 24 hours
SaturdayOpen 24 hours
SundayOpen 24 hours
Getting here
Dundonald A&E wait times - last 24 hours
Hour Avg. wait
Today, 2 AM
avg. of 2 readings
-
Today, 1 AM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Today, 12 AM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 11 PM
avg. of 4 readings
4 hr 13 min
Yesterday, 10 PM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 9 PM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 8 PM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 7 PM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 6 PM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 5 PM
avg. of 4 readings
-
Yesterday, 4 PM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr
Yesterday, 3 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 55 min
Yesterday, 2 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 59 min
Yesterday, 1 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 59 min
Yesterday, 12 PM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 50 min
Yesterday, 11 AM
avg. of 4 readings
2 hr 58 min
Yesterday, 10 AM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 24 min
Yesterday, 9 AM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 28 min
Yesterday, 8 AM
avg. of 4 readings
3 hr 27 min
Yesterday, 7 AM
avg. of 1 reading
3 hr 22 min
Departments & services
  • Accident & Emergency
  • Cardiology
  • Care of the Elderly
  • Critical Care
  • ENT
  • Gastroenterology
  • General Surgery
  • Gynaecology
  • Haematology
  • Maternity
  • Orthopaedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Renal Services
  • Respiratory
  • Stroke
  • Urology
What’s available here
Accessibility
Ramped Area For Disabled Access
Parking
Pay On Foot Car Parks
Cafe
Oasis Restaurant
Chapel
Small Church On First Floor Open At All Times
Shop
Hospital Shop At Main Entrance
Recent visitor feedbackreported by visitors
Overall
75% would not recommend this department
Staff
64% say staff were friendly and helpful
86% were not kept informed about their wait
57% say they were triaged quickly
Environment
73% say the waiting area was clean
71% say the toilets were clean
77% felt safe in the waiting area
Family
73% say there is no children’s play area
91% say there is no separate children’s waiting area
Facilities
60% say there is not enough seating
80% say there is no TV
87% say food and drink is available nearby
64% say there are phone charging points
79% say free WiFi is available
71% say mobile signal is good
Parking
50% say parking was busy
4 of 9 paid £5–10 for parking
Payment accepted: card, app
Based on 15 visitor responses in the last 6 months. This information is collected through a short anonymous survey shown to visitors on this page.
Nearby A&E & urgent care
Long wait
Closed
19.4 mi away
Closed
No data
Short wait

There are also other nearby A&Es which collect wait times from the community, including Ysbyty Penrhos Stanley, Ysbyty Gwynedd and Llandudno General Hospital.

Where this data comes from
Wait times shown here are sourced from publicly available information published by South Eastern Health and Social Care 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 3:21am on 28 Jul 2026.
Verified sourceDirect capture from South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Independently captured screenshot of South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust’s public wait time page
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