Craigavon Area Hospital
Craigavon · BT63 5QQ · data via Southern Health and Social Care Trust · read recently
Locals may know it as: Craigavon Hospital, CAH
Time in department now
Primary source: Southern Health and Social Care Trust — published waiting times
About this department
Craigavon Area Hospital is the main acute hospital for the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, located in Craigavon, County Armagh. The hospital serves a population of approximately 350,000 across the Southern Trust area including Armagh, Dungannon, Banbridge, and Newry. The Emergency Department handles approximately 70,000 attendances per year and provides 24-hour emergency care. Craigavon Area Hospital is a modern facility that has been significantly expanded and refurbished in recent years, with new acute services block and improved emergency department facilities.
Getting there & getting in touch
- Town / postcode
- Craigavon, BT63 5QQ
- Hours
- Open 24 hours every day
- Run by
- Southern Health and Social Care Trust
- Service level
- Full A&E (Type 1 emergency department)
On-site services
The last 24 hours at Craigavon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recently16:36 | 2 hr 33 min | — | — | |
| recently16:10 | 2 hr 33 min | ▲ 26m | — | |
| recently15:36 | 2 hr 7 min | — | — | |
| recently15:09 | 2 hr 7 min | ▼ 17m | — | |
| recently14:36 | 2 hr 24 min | — | — | |
| recently14:10 | 2 hr 24 min | ▼ 41m | — | |
| recently13:36 | 3 hr 5 min | — | — | |
| recently13:10 | 3 hr 5 min | — | — | |
| recently12:37 | 3 hr 5 min | ▼ 60m | — | |
| recently12:14 | 4 hr 5 min | ▼ 17m | — | |
| recently11:35 | 4 hr 22 min | — | — | |
| recently11:10 | 4 hr 22 min | ▲ 3m | — |
How this compares locally
Right now the reading here is 2 hr 33 min. The Northern Ireland average sits near 1 hr 47 min. This department is running well above its neighbours — check the alternatives panel before setting off.
Not sure A&E is the right door? Read this first →Quick answers for Craigavon Area Hospital
What's the current wait at Craigavon Area Hospital?
The latest published reading is about 2 hr 33 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 Craigavon 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 Craigavon Area Hospital treat me faster?
Quite possibly, if your problem isn't life-threatening. Urgent treatment centres and minor injuries units around Craigavon 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 Craigavon Area Hospital?
It's in Craigavon (BT63 5QQ). 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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Worth reading first
Don't wait on a webpage
If someone is seriously unwell — chest pain, stroke signs, heavy bleeding, struggling to breathe — call 999 immediately instead of comparing queues.