William Harvey Hospital
Ashford · TN24 0LZ · data via East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust · read recently
Locals may know it as: WHH, William Harvey Ashford
Time in department now
No live feed
Usual figure here: ~1 hr 18 min
Primary source: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust — published waiting times
About this department
William Harvey Hospital is a district general hospital in Ashford, Kent, part of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital serves the communities of Ashford, Tenterden, and surrounding areas of East Kent. The Emergency Department provides 24-hour care and handles approximately 65,000 attendances per year. The hospital is a specialist centre for vascular surgery in East Kent and provides a full range of acute services. Named after the 17th-century physician William Harvey who discovered blood circulation, the hospital maintains strong links with Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University.
Getting there & getting in touch
- Town / postcode
- Ashford, TN24 0LZ
- Hours
- Open: 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Run by
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Service level
- Full A&E (Type 1 emergency department)
On-site services
The last 24 hours at William Harvey Hospital
Every reading we've collected, newest first. The bar shows each reading relative to the day's peak.
| Collected | Trend | Wait | Shift | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recently15:36 | — | — | 0 | |
| recently15:09 | — | — | 0 | |
| recently14:36 | — | — | 0 | |
| recently14:10 | 19 min | — | 3 | |
| recently13:36 | — | — | 0 | |
| recently13:10 | — | — | 0 | |
| recently12:37 | 12 min | — | 1 | |
| recently12:14 | — | — | 0 | |
| recently11:35 | 37 min | ▲ 22m | 4 | |
| recently11:10 | 15 min | — | 2 | |
| recently10:36 | — | — | 0 | |
| recently10:10 | — | — | 0 |
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What's the current wait at William Harvey Hospital?
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Is the A&E at William Harvey 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 William Harvey Hospital treat me faster?
Quite possibly, if your problem isn't life-threatening. Urgent treatment centres and minor injuries units around Ashford 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 William Harvey Hospital?
It's in Ashford (TN24 0LZ). 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.
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