Heartlands Hospital
Birmingham · B9 5SS · data via University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · read recently
Locals may know it as: Birmingham Heartlands, Heartlands A&E
Time in department now
Primary source: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust — published waiting times
About this department
Heartlands Hospital is a large district general hospital in Bordesley Green, East Birmingham. Part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, the hospital serves the diverse communities of East Birmingham and Solihull. The Emergency Department handles approximately 110,000 attendances per year and has an on-site Urgent Treatment Centre. Heartlands is the designated centre for respiratory medicine in the Trust and has specialist units for heart failure, diabetes, and stroke. The hospital has strong academic links and is one of the largest employers in East Birmingham.
Getting there & getting in touch
- Town / postcode
- Birmingham, B9 5SS
- 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 Heartlands 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 | 5 hr 29 min | ▲ 24m | — | |
| recently14:12 | 5 hr 5 min | ▲ 37m | — | |
| recently13:35 | 4 hr 28 min | ▲ 23m | — | |
| recently13:12 | 4 hr 5 min | ▲ 35m | — | |
| recently12:37 | 3 hr 30 min | ▲ 23m | — | |
| recently12:14 | 3 hr 7 min | ▼ 6m | — | |
| recently11:36 | 3 hr 13 min | ▲ 27m | — | |
| recently11:09 | 2 hr 46 min | ▲ 33m | — | |
| recently10:36 | 2 hr 13 min | ▼ 140m | — | |
| recently10:10 | 4 hr 33 min | ▲ 35m | — | |
| recently09:35 | 3 hr 58 min | ▼ 88m | — | |
| recently09:13 | 5 hr 26 min | ▲ 37m | — |
How this compares locally
Right now the reading here is 5 hr 29 min. The Birmingham & Solihull average sits near 3 hr 42 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 Heartlands Hospital
What's the current wait at Heartlands Hospital?
The latest published reading is about 5 hr 29 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 Heartlands 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 Heartlands Hospital treat me faster?
Quite possibly, if your problem isn't life-threatening. Urgent treatment centres and minor injuries units around Birmingham 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 Heartlands Hospital?
It's in Birmingham (B9 5SS). 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?
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
7.5 km
Solihull Hospital
7.8 km · UTC
Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
10.3 km
Good Hope Hospital
10.4 km
Alexandra Hospital Redditch
20.8 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.