Good Hope Hospital
Sutton Coldfield · B75 7RR · data via University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · read recently
Locals may know it as: Good Hope A&E, Sutton Coldfield Hospital
Time in department now
Primary source: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust — published waiting times
About this department
Good Hope Hospital is a district general hospital in Sutton Coldfield, North Birmingham. Part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, the hospital serves the communities of Sutton Coldfield, Erdington, and parts of North Warwickshire. The Emergency Department handles approximately 75,000 attendances per year and operates 24 hours a day. Good Hope Hospital provides a wide range of acute services and has recently had significant investment in its emergency care facilities. The hospital is known for its strong community focus and dedicated clinical teams.
Getting there & getting in touch
- Town / postcode
- Sutton Coldfield, B75 7RR
- Hours
- Open: 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Run by
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- Service level
- Full A&E (Type 1 emergency department)
On-site services
The last 24 hours at Good Hope Hospital
Every reading we've collected, newest first. The bar shows each reading relative to the day's peak.
| Collected | Trend | Wait | Shift | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recently14:36 | 2 hr 48 min | ▲ 13m | — | |
| recently14:12 | 2 hr 35 min | ▼ 13m | — | |
| recently13:35 | 2 hr 48 min | ▲ 47m | — | |
| recently13:12 | 2 hr 1 min | ▲ 14m | — | |
| recently12:37 | 1 hr 47 min | ▲ 20m | — | |
| recently12:14 | 1 hr 27 min | ▲ 19m | — | |
| recently11:36 | 1 hr 8 min | ▼ 17m | — | |
| recently11:09 | 1 hr 25 min | ▼ 5m | — | |
| recently10:36 | 1 hr 30 min | ▲ 13m | — | |
| recently10:10 | 1 hr 17 min | ▲ 35m | — | |
| recently09:35 | 42 min | ▼ 34m | — | |
| recently09:13 | 1 hr 16 min | ▲ 8m | — |
How this compares locally
Right now the reading here is 2 hr 48 min. The Birmingham & Solihull average sits near 3 hr 42 min. This department is currently one of the calmer options in its area.
Not sure A&E is the right door? Read this first →Quick answers for Good Hope Hospital
What's the current wait at Good Hope Hospital?
The latest published reading is about 2 hr 48 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 Good Hope 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 Good Hope Hospital treat me faster?
Quite possibly, if your problem isn't life-threatening. Urgent treatment centres and minor injuries units around Sutton Coldfield 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 Good Hope Hospital?
It's in Sutton Coldfield (B75 7RR). 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?
Heartlands Hospital
10.4 km
Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
13.2 km
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
15.1 km
Solihull Hospital
17.3 km · UTC
Queen's Hospital Burton
29.3 km
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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.