Emergency Department

Your local hospital’s emergency department, also known as A&E, is open 24 hours a day and is for genuine life-threatening emergencies only.

Please keep 999 and emergency departments free for genuine-life threatening emergencies. For non-life-threatening issues, contact your pharmacy, GP surgery or NHS111 (links to each of the pages).

You should dial 999 or to go to the emergency department when you experience:

• Signs of a heart attack
• Signs of a stroke
• Sudden confusion
• Severe difficulty breathing
• Choking
• Heavy bleeding
• Severe injuries
• Seizure
• Sudden, rapid swelling

When you arrive at your local emergency department, a doctor or nurse will assess your condition and decide on what further action or treatment you need, this is called triage. If you attend the emergency department and your condition is less serious, your wait time may be considerably longer.

Emergency departments in Coventry and Warwickshire

If you have a genuine life-threatening emergencies, you should call 999 or attend one of the emergency departments below:

University Hospital, Coventry

Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, Warwickshire CV2 2DX
024 76964000
Map and directions

George Eliot Hospital

College Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire CV10 7DJ
024 76351351
Map and directions

Warwick Hospital

Warwick Hospital, Lakin Road, Warwick, Warwickshire CV34 5BW
01926 495321
Map and directions