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WHISTON HOSPITAL
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · L35 5DR · England
Getting here
Whiston Hospital, Prescot — L35 5DR. Opens in the app you already use:
Directions to the hospital site, not to a specific department door. Large hospitals have several entrances, so check signs on arrival — A&E is usually signposted separately, and is often not the main entrance.
This trust doesn't publish a live dashboard we can read, so everything below is the official
published record plus reports from people who were there.
Been there recently?
58.4%
Seen within 4h
—
Median reported wait (30d)
0
Reports all time
10,325
Attendances (March 2026)
Official record
Share seen within 4 hours
58.4%
Type 1 & 2 attendances10,325
Attendances over 4 hours
4,300
Waited over 12 hours from decision to admit
2,305
PeriodMarch 2026
No one has reported a wait here yet.
The official figure above is the only guide —
it's a monthly average, so it won't tell you what tonight looks like.
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Nearby, for comparison
A&E hospitals within 45 km.
| Hospital | Distance | Seen within 4h | Reported median |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust |
7.5 km | 83.5% | none |
| UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
10.9 km | 53.0% | none |
| LIVERPOOL WOMENS HOSPITAL Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust |
11.9 km | 88.5% | none |
| WARRINGTON HOSPITAL Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
11.9 km | 49.4% | none |
| ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
12.0 km | 62.8% | none |
| ORMSKIRK AND DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
17.0 km | 94.7% | none |
Tips from people who have been here
Nobody has left a tip for this hospital yet. If you have been here, the practical details help people more than the wait itself — parking, whether the cafe is open, somewhere to charge a phone.