Waiting Times & Live Hospital Information
Information about hospital waiting times
The information shown is only to be used as a guide. The data cannot tell you where you are on the waiting list. Its aim is to help you better understand how long people in your Local Health Board are waiting. It is important to bear in mind:
- Everyone is an individual and your care is managed based on your clinical urgency.
- Patients with more urgent clinical needs will have shorter waiting times.
- There are national waiting times targets. Waiting times will be different by specialty and location and the NHS is working to make these better over time.
It is important that you are supported to keep yourself well whilst you wait. You can visit the Live Well and Health A-Z pages of this website. Your local health board’s website may have further information and help if available.
The waiting time information shown is not live data but is based on an end of month snapshot. Specialties with less than 200 patient pathways waiting will not be reported.
Please click the image below to go to the Cardiff & Vale Hospital Waiting Times section of the NHS 111 Wales website where you will be able to review details of all available hospital departments.
My A&E Live - Time spent in NHS Wales Accident and Emergency Departments
If your condition needs to be seen in either an A&E department or Minor Injury Unit, the information below will indicate the nearest hospitals to your location. For the majority of Welsh hospitals it will indicate the typical time you are likely to spend in the Department/Unit. Some basic information for English hospitals is included for patients who live in border areas. For patients in the Cardiff and Vale area, the health board are now operating a Phone First system and therefore typical wait times are not available. For patients in Powys, the health board are now operating a Phone First system. Choosing the right place is important to get the most appropriate treatment in a timely manner. If you do not know which option to choose, check your symptoms on the NHS 111 Wales online Symptom Checker.
Symptom Checker
Check your symptoms with the NHS 111 Wales Symptom Checker
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Visiting the Emergency Department or an Out-of-hours medical service?
Please bring ALL of your medicines (those on prescription and those you buy), plus your up-to-date repeat prescription slip. Keep these safe at all times.
It will help ensure the best medical care.
It is easier to check if any of your medicines need changing.
It is easier to see if there are any clashes with new medicines and/or your medical condition.
You are less likely to miss important doses of your medicines.
Currently in department2:
90 patients
(Busier than usual)
Open 24 hours 7 days a week. The Emergency Department at Morriston Hospital, like others in Wales, is going through a period of sustained pressure. Unless you have a serious or life-threatening illness or condition you are likely to face a very long wait. Please support our staff and hospital services by using alternatives if you can such as the 111 online symptom checker, your local pharmacy and the Minor Injury Unit at Neath Port Talbot Hospital for minor injuries. Thanks
Due to staffing pressures, the MIU’s opening times have temporarily changed to 8am-9pm, seven days a week. The MIU can treat a wide range of minor injuries in adults and children 1+ including cuts and broken bones. However it cannot treat illnesses. Although typically quicker than A&E, at particularly busy times you may still face a longer than usual wait.
Currently in department2:
65 patients
(Busier than usual)
Open 24 hours 7 days a week. Open bank holidays. The Emergency Unit (EU) at University Hospital of Wales (UHW) operates as a Phone First system; it will no longer accept walk-ins. If a patient believes they need to visit EU and it’s not life or limb threatening, call CAV 24/7 on 111.
