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Whitehaven A&E Live Waiting Times

West Cumberland Hospital

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

4.4(204 reviews)
Live Updated 14 min ago
2h 30m
estimated wait time
≈ About normal right now
4 hr
longest today
1 hr 30 min
shortest today
2 hr 28 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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32 people
waiting
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Recent waits & what to expect
Forecast Holding steady
Likely wait, next few hours
2 hr 45 min
Today vs usual at this hour
30 min above usual

Estimate based on 1,910 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 noon - busiest around 6am
Typical waits by day of week
Monday tends to be quietest, Wednesday busiest
Contact & location
Homewood, Hensingham, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 8JG
West Cumberland Hospital A&E in Whitehaven
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 17 Jul 2018
Getting here
Whitehaven A&E wait times - last 24 hours
Hour Avg. wait People waiting
Today, 7 PM
avg. of 3 readings
 2 hr 30 min 32
Today, 6 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 30 min 32
Today, 5 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 30 min 32
Today, 4 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 30 min 39
Today, 3 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 30 min 40
Today, 2 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 30 min 48
Today, 1 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 15 min 43
Today, 12 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 15 min 41
Today, 11 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 15 min 30
Today, 10 AM
avg. of 3 readings
 2 hr 50 min 29
Today, 9 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 45 min 24
Today, 8 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 4 hr 24
Today, 7 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 4 hr 25
Today, 6 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 4 hr 25
Today, 5 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 4 hr 27
Today, 4 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 4 hr 25
Today, 3 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 53 min 25
Today, 2 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 45 min 25
Today, 1 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 3 hr 30 min 29
Today, 12 AM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 30 min 31
Yesterday, 11 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 30 min 30
Yesterday, 10 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 30 min 30
Yesterday, 9 PM
avg. of 5 readings
 2 hr 6 min 33
Yesterday, 8 PM
avg. of 4 readings
 2 hr 35
Departments & services
  • Accident and emergency (A&E)
  • Children's & Adolescent Services
  • Dermatology
  • Diabetic Medicine
  • Ear, Nose & Throat
  • Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine
  • Gastrointestinal and Liver services
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgery
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Gynaecology
  • Nephrology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Rehabilitation
  • Respiratory Medicine
  • Rheumatology
  • Speech and language services
  • Urology
  • Vascular surgery
Nearby A&E & urgent care
Furness General Hospital A&E
30.7 mi away
Long wait
Cumberland Infirmary A&E
35.0 mi away
Long wait
Royal Lancaster Infirmary A&E
45.6 mi away
Long wait
The Royal Victoria Infirmary A&E
83.5 mi away
Long wait
Llandudno General Hospital MIU
84.9 mi away
Moderate wait

There are also other nearby A&Es which collect wait times from the community, including Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley And South Ribble Hospital.

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 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 8:33pm on 5 Jun 2026.
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Independently captured screenshot of North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust’s public wait time page
Captured at 8:33 pm on Friday 5 June 2026

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