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ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · PR2 9HT · England
Getting here
Royal Preston Hospital, Preston — PR2 9HT. 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?
62.8%
Seen within 4h
—
Median reported wait (30d)
0
Reports all time
9,970
Attendances (March 2026)
Official record
Share seen within 4 hours
62.8%
Type 1 & 2 attendances9,970
Attendances over 4 hours
3,710
Waited over 12 hours from decision to admit
1,315
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHORLEY & SOUTH RIBBLE HOSPITAL Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
14.7 km | 59.9% | none |
| ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
17.2 km | 69.3% | none |
| BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
20.6 km | 47.1% | none |
| SOUTHPORT AND FORMBY DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
25.1 km | 57.9% | none |
| ROYAL ALBERT EDWARD INFIRMARY Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust |
26.5 km | 57.6% | none |
| ORMSKIRK AND DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
27.5 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.