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WEST CUMBERLAND HOSPITAL
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · CA28 8JG · England
Getting here
West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven — CA28 8JG. 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?
62.2%
Seen within 4h
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Median reported wait (30d)
0
Reports all time
3,835
Attendances (March 2026)
Official record
Share seen within 4 hours
62.2%
Type 1 & 2 attendances3,835
Attendances over 4 hours
1,450
Waited over 12 hours from decision to admit
180
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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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.