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SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL
North Bristol NHS Trust · BS10 5NB · England
Getting here
Southmead Hospital, Bristol — BS10 5NB. 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?
59.5%
Seen within 4h
—
Median reported wait (30d)
0
Reports all time
9,340
Attendances (March 2026)
Official record
Share seen within 4 hours
59.5%
Type 1 & 2 attendances9,340
Attendances over 4 hours
3,780
Waited over 12 hours from decision to admit
875
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
4.0 km | 48.5% | none |
| BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
4.1 km | 90.7% | none |
| BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
4.1 km | 77.8% | none |
| ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust |
18.0 km | 62.2% | none |
| WESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
32.6 km | 67.4% | 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.