Penrith Community Hospital
Penrith · data via North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · read recently
Current wait
Primary source: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust — published waiting times
Getting there & getting in touch
- Town / postcode
- Penrith
- Run by
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Service level
- Urgent Treatment Centre
The last 24 hours at Penrith Community 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 | 1 hr 45 min | ▲ 30m | 12 | |
| recently14:12 | 1 hr 15 min | ▲ 30m | 12 | |
| recently13:12 | 45 min | ▼ 30m | 10 | |
| recently12:37 | 1 hr 15 min | — | 10 | |
| recently12:14 | 1 hr 15 min | ▼ 30m | 6 | |
| recently11:36 | 1 hr 45 min | — | 20 | |
| recently11:09 | 1 hr 45 min | ▲ 30m | 19 | |
| recently10:36 | 1 hr 15 min | — | 15 | |
| recently10:10 | 1 hr 15 min | ▲ 30m | 11 | |
| recently09:35 | 45 min | — | 9 | |
| recently09:13 | 45 min | ▲ 15m | 6 | |
| recently08:36 | 30 min | ▼ 240m | 1 |
How this compares locally
Right now the reading here is 1 hr 45 min. The North West average sits near 2 hr 47 min. This department is currently one of the calmer options in its area.
Quick answers for Penrith Community Hospital
What's the current wait at Penrith Community Hospital?
The latest published reading is about 1 hr 45 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 urgent treatment centre at Penrith Community Hospital open right now?
Opening hours here are: not confirmed — ring ahead. Outside those times, calling 111 will point you to the nearest open alternative.
Where exactly is Penrith Community Hospital?
It's in Penrith. 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 urgent treatment centre 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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