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A&E, Harrogate District Hospital

Harrogate District Hospital, Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate, HG2 7SX. Part of Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust.

Today, from people waiting

As of 01:44

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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.

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Official figures

A&E, Harrogate District Hospital right now

0 of 2 standards met

The latest figures, September 2026. Coloured against England: ▼ worse ● about the same ▲ better.

Main A&Edealt with within 4 hours
65%✗ Misses the standard▲ Better than England
Is this good enough?
Every departmentmain A&E with the trust's centres and minor units, the national headline measure
72%✗ Misses the standard▼ Worse than England
Is this good enough?

Official figures are for the whole trust, Harrogate and District. 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.

Care Quality Commission

How CQC rates it

Harrogate District Hospital

Good overall, inspection published 7 January 2026.

Good for urgent and emergency services, published 27 July 2016.

  • SafeRequires improvement
  • EffectiveGood
  • CaringOutstanding
  • ResponsiveGood
  • Well-ledGood
Urgent and emergency care, and the other services here
  • Urgent and emergency servicesGood Jul 2016

The CQC report

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

Official NHS figures

September 2026

65%
dealt with within 4 hours at the main A&E
NHS standard: 95%▲ Better than England, but misses the national standard
5,599
people attended the main A&E
1
waited over 12 hours for a bed after the decision to admit

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, 72% of 7,119 patients were dealt with within 4 hours (England: 74%). This wider figure is the national headline measure.

"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 69 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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Timed by patients

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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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Your rights

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.