Open around the clockEmergency Dept (Type 1)

Tunbridge Wells Hospital

Tunbridge Wells · data via Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · read recently

Time in department now

No live feed

Usual figure here: ~2 hr 30 min

0 queueing

Primary source: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust — published waiting times

Tunbridge Wells Hospital exterior

Getting there & getting in touch

Town / postcode
Tunbridge Wells
Hours
Open: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Run by
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Service level
Full A&E (Type 1 emergency department)

The last 24 hours at Tunbridge Wells Hospital

Every reading we've collected, newest first. The bar shows each reading relative to the day's peak.

CollectedTrendWaitShiftQueue
recently23:34——0
recently23:08——0
recently22:35——0
recently22:08——0
recently21:35——0
recently21:08——0
recently20:37
3 hr—12
recently20:09
3 hr—12
recently19:35
3 hr—12
recently19:08
3 hr—12
recently18:36
3 hr—12
recently18:12
3 hr—12

How this compares locally

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Quick answers for Tunbridge Wells Hospital

What's the current wait at Tunbridge Wells Hospital?

No live figure is being published for Tunbridge Wells Hospital at the moment. It's worth refreshing later, or phoning the hospital before travelling if timing matters to you.

Is the A&E at Tunbridge Wells 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 Tunbridge Wells Hospital treat me faster?

Quite possibly, if your problem isn't life-threatening. Urgent treatment centres and minor injuries units around Tunbridge Wells 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 Tunbridge Wells Hospital?

It's in Tunbridge Wells. 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.

What the labels mean

Quietunder 2 hours
Steady2 to 4 hours
Busyover 4 hours

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.