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A&E, Scarborough Hospital
Scarborough Hospital, Woodlands Drive, Scarborough, YO12 6QL. Part of York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
As of 03:03
Open 24 hours
Nobody has timed a wait here today yet.
From people timing their own wait on this site, not from the NHS. This timer is not monitored and does not alert staff. A place with nobody timing may still be busy. Waits change quickly, and people are seen in order of need, not arrival. Opening hours can change. Check with NHS 111 before you set off. All urgent care today.
For a minor injury or illness, there is also an urgent treatment centre at Scarborough Hospital. If you are not sure which you need, ask the staff or call NHS 111.
A&E, Scarborough Hospital right now
0 of 2 standards met
The latest figures, September 2026. Coloured against England: ▼ worse ● about the same ▲ better.
Official figures are for the whole trust, York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals. The NHS plan for 2026-27 sets lower goals on the way, such as 82% for A&E, an average of 25 minutes for ambulance emergencies and 70% for hospital waits.
How CQC rates it
Scarborough Hospital
Good overall, inspection published 3 September 2026.
Requires improvement for urgent and emergency services, published 20 March 2026.
- SafeRequires improvement
- EffectiveRequires improvement
- CaringGood
- ResponsiveRequires improvement
- Well-ledRequires improvement
Urgent and emergency care, and the other services here
- Urgent and emergency servicesRequires improvement Mar 2026
Ratings are the Care Quality Commission's, from its published directory of 1 October 2026, under the Open Government Licence. A rating stands until the next inspection, so check the date: many are years old. "Responsive" is the question about waiting. CQC data
September 2026
Is this what you found? I'm in A&E now. Time my wait.
Across England, 61% of patients at main A&E departments were dealt with within 4 hours that month.
Counting the trust's other urgent care departments as well, 62% of 18,329 patients were dealt with within 4 hours (England: 74%). This wider figure is the national headline measure.
These official figures are for the whole trust, which runs A&E at Scarborough Hospital and York Hospital. NHS England does not publish them for each hospital.
"Dealt with" means admitted to a ward, transferred or sent home. The main A&E figure covers the trust's type 1 emergency departments. The 12-hour figure starts at the decision to admit, not at arrival; a further 779 waited between 4 and 12 hours for a bed.
What isn't published
There are no monthly published figures for how long patients here wait for the first assessment or to be seen. That is what the timer records.
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In A&E right now?
Start the timer when you've booked in at reception. Tap when you're assessed, when you're seen and when you leave. Someone who is with the patient can do it. Figures appear once 10 visits have been timed.
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Know where you stand
- Standards, not rights. The four-hour A&E standard and the ambulance response times are targets the NHS sets itself. Missing one does not give you a legal claim.
- Use Martha's Rule if someone is getting worse. If a patient in hospital is deteriorating and you feel you are not being listened to, you can ask for a rapid review by a different team, at hospitals that have introduced Martha's Rule. Ask the staff how to call for it. NHS England: Martha's Rule
- Complain about your care or your wait. To the hospital or the ambulance service, within 12 months. PALS at the hospital can help first. NHS England: how to complain
All your rights, and how to complain
General information, checked against each source on 13 October 2026. It is not legal advice. Follow the links for the official wording.
Kept fair
- Times only. We never ask why you are there, what is wrong or who treated you.
- The sickest go first. Patients are treated in order of need, not arrival, so a long wait for a minor problem can be the system working.
- Good and bad. A quick visit counts exactly as much as a slow one.
- Nothing goes to the hospital. Timing your visit does not tell staff anything or change your place in the queue.