In September 2026, 31% of people there were seen, treated and admitted or sent home within 4 hours.
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Nearest first, by straight line from the middle of Blackpool. Each figure is for that hospital in September 2026; the 12-hour bed waits are for the whole trust. Live waiting times from trusts that publish them will appear here once each trust's terms are checked.
1 miles. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 6,365 A&E visits in the month. 505 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.
12.3 miles. Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. 4,840 A&E visits in the month. 439 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.
13.3 miles. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 10,605 A&E visits in the month. 425 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.
18.1 miles. Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. 2,435 A&E visits in the month. 439 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.
18.7 miles. University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. 5,130 A&E visits in the month. 532 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.
18.9 miles. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 2,415 A&E visits in the month. 425 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.
23.8 miles. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. 13,930 A&E visits in the month. 814 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.
23.8 miles. University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. 3,755 A&E visits in the month. 532 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.
23.9 miles. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust. 7,020 A&E visits in the month. 238 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.
24 miles. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 8,655 A&E visits in the month. 1,125 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.
Source: NHS England, Emergency Care Dataset (ECDS) performance by site, experimental statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Site figures are NHS England experimental statistics; sites with under 100 visits a month are not published. Trust totals: NHS England, A&E attendances and emergency admissions, monthly CSV, September 2026.
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