Altnagelvin Area Hospital
Londonderry · data via HSC Northern Ireland · read recently
Time in department now
Primary source: HSC Northern Ireland — published waiting times
Getting there & getting in touch
- Town / postcode
- Londonderry
- Hours
- Open 24 hours every day
- Run by
- HSC Northern Ireland
- Service level
- Full A&E (Type 1 emergency department)
The last 24 hours at Altnagelvin Area Hospital
Every reading we've collected, newest first. The bar shows each reading relative to the day's peak.
| Collected | Trend | Wait | Shift | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recently14:12 | 1 hr 8 min | ▲ 10m | — | |
| recently13:35 | 58 min | ▲ 7m | — | |
| recently13:12 | 51 min | ▲ 5m | — | |
| recently12:14 | 46 min | — | — | |
| recently11:36 | 46 min | ▼ 6m | — | |
| recently11:09 | 52 min | ▼ 37m | — | |
| recently10:36 | 1 hr 29 min | — | — | |
| recently10:10 | 1 hr 29 min | ▼ 12m | — | |
| recently09:35 | 1 hr 41 min | ▼ 19m | — | |
| recently09:13 | 2 hr | — | — | |
| recently08:35 | 2 hr | ▲ 9m | — | |
| recently08:14 | 1 hr 51 min | ▼ 9m | — |
How this compares locally
Right now the reading here is 1 hr 8 min. The Northern Ireland average sits near 1 hr 31 min. This department is tracking close to the local norm.
Not sure A&E is the right door? Read this first →Quick answers for Altnagelvin Area Hospital
What's the current wait at Altnagelvin Area Hospital?
The latest published reading is about 1 hr 8 min. That comes straight from the trust's own feed and shifts through the day — and remember triage decides the order patients are seen, so a genuinely urgent case never waits for the whole queue.
Is the A&E at Altnagelvin Area Hospital open right now?
Yes — this A&E never closes. It runs 24 hours a day every day of the year, with no appointment needed; arrivals are triaged and treated in order of clinical urgency.
Would somewhere other than Altnagelvin Area Hospital treat me faster?
Quite possibly, if your problem isn't life-threatening. Urgent treatment centres and minor injuries units around Londonderry handle sprains, cuts, minor burns and simple fractures with far shorter queues. The nearby-departments panel on this page shows live figures for the closest options, and 111 can book timed slots at some of them.
Where exactly is Altnagelvin Area Hospital?
It's in Londonderry. Pop your own postcode into our distance search to see how far it is from you compared with the other departments nearby.
When does this A&E tend to be calmest?
Across the UK the pattern is consistent: the lightest traffic is between roughly 6am and 9am, and the heaviest crunch lands on Monday mornings, weekday evenings, and Friday and Saturday nights. If your condition can safely wait for a quieter window, an early start usually pays off.
Could you be seen sooner?
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