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COLCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · CO4 5JL · England
Getting here
Colchester General Hospital, Colchester — CO4 5JL. 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?
51.8%
Seen within 4h
—
Median reported wait (30d)
0
Reports all time
6,835
Attendances (March 2026)
Official record
Share seen within 4 hours
51.8%
Type 1 & 2 attendances6,835
Attendances over 4 hours
3,295
Waited over 12 hours from decision to admit
1,110
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPSWICH HOSPITAL East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust |
26.2 km | 82.1% | none |
| MID ESSEX HOSPITAL Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust |
33.4 km | 50.6% | none |
| WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust |
38.0 km | 72.0% | none |
| SOUTHEND HOSPITAL Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust |
42.2 km | 53.2% | 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.