Forth Valley Royal Hospital
Larbert · FK5 4WR · data via NHS Forth Valley · read recently
Locals may know it as: FVRH, Larbert Hospital
Time in department now
Primary source: NHS Forth Valley — published waiting times
About this department
Forth Valley Royal Hospital is a state-of-the-art acute hospital in Larbert, near Falkirk, Scotland. Part of NHS Forth Valley, the hospital opened in 2011 and replaced the Royal Scottish National Hospital and Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary. It serves a population of approximately 300,000 across the Forth Valley area including Falkirk, Stirling, and Clackmannanshire. The Emergency Department handles approximately 65,000 attendances per year. The hospital is one of the most modern in Scotland and features single-room accommodation for all inpatients, a dedicated assessment unit, and comprehensive diagnostic facilities.
Getting there & getting in touch
- Town / postcode
- Larbert, FK5 4WR
- Hours
- Open: 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Run by
- NHS Forth Valley
- Service level
- Full A&E (Type 1 emergency department)
On-site services
The last 24 hours at Forth Valley Royal Hospital
Every reading we've collected, newest first. The bar shows each reading relative to the day's peak.
| Collected | Trend | Wait | Shift | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recently15:36 | 3 hr | — | — | |
| recently15:09 | 3 hr | — | — | |
| recently14:36 | 3 hr | — | — | |
| recently14:10 | 3 hr | — | — | |
| recently13:36 | 3 hr | — | — | |
| recently13:10 | 3 hr | — | — | |
| recently12:37 | 3 hr | — | — | |
| recently12:14 | 3 hr | ▼ 300m | — | |
| recently11:35 | 8 hr | — | — | |
| recently11:10 | 8 hr | — | — | |
| recently10:36 | 8 hr | ▼ 180m | — | |
| recently10:09 | 11 hr | — | — |
How this compares locally
Right now the reading here is 3 hr. The Scotland average sits near 3 hr. This department is tracking close to the local norm.
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What's the current wait at Forth Valley Royal Hospital?
The latest published reading is about 3 hr. 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 Forth Valley Royal 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 Forth Valley Royal Hospital treat me faster?
Quite possibly, if your problem isn't life-threatening. Urgent treatment centres and minor injuries units around Larbert 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 Forth Valley Royal Hospital?
It's in Larbert (FK5 4WR). 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?
Forth Valley Royal Hospital MIU
1.7 km · MIU
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21.0 km
St John's Hospital
24.1 km
University Hospital Wishaw
29.1 km
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
31.8 km
What the labels mean
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.