A&E near West Suffolk

Your nearest A&E is West Suffolk Hospital, 5 miles from the middle of West Suffolk.

In September 2026, 68% of people there were seen, treated and admitted or sent home within 4 hours.

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A&E departments within 25 miles

Nearest first, by straight line from the middle of West Suffolk. 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.

West Suffolk Hospital

5 miles. West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. 8,285 A&E visits in the month. 149 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

68%within 4 hours

Addenbrookes Hospital

20.2 miles. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 12,010 A&E visits in the month. 262 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

54%within 4 hours

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.

Not an emergency?

NHS 111 can book you into an urgent treatment centre, arrange an out-of-hours GP or tell you which pharmacy can help. Call 111 or use 111.nhs.uk. Urgent treatment centres and walk-in units are often much quicker than A&E for cuts, sprains and minor injuries.

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