Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham
Nottingham · NG7 2UH · data via Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Locals may know it as: QMC, Queen's Med, QMC Nottingham
Time in department now
No live feed
Estimated wait: ~4 hr
44.6% done within 4 hrs · September 2026
Primary source: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust — published waiting times
About this department
Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) is one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK, located in Nottingham. Part of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, the hospital is a major trauma centre for the East Midlands and provides specialist services in neurosurgery, stroke, and paediatric intensive care. The Emergency Department is one of the busiest in England, handling over 130,000 attendances per year. The hospital is closely linked with the University of Nottingham and is a leading centre for medical research. QMC also houses the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre and the Nottingham Children's Hospital.
Getting there & getting in touch
- Town / postcode
- Nottingham, NG7 2UH
- Switchboard
- 0115 924 9924
- Hours
- Open: 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Run by
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Service level
- Full A&E (Type 1 emergency department)
On-site services
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What's the current wait at Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham?
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Is the A&E at Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham 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 Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham treat me faster?
Quite possibly, if your problem isn't life-threatening. Urgent treatment centres and minor injuries units around Nottingham 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 Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham?
It's in Nottingham (NG7 2UH). 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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