If you work in A and E, when is the quietest time for a patient to come in?

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I know IABU to ask, as the NHS is unimaginably stretched all of the time.

But if there was a least busy time of day/night, or time of week, which would it be?

Is there a pattern?

I ask because I had to call 111 yesterday at 10pm and the upshot was I should get seen for my symptoms within 12 hours. The clinician said I could go to A and E that evening or see the GP in the morning. I'm lucky it wasn't urgent but it got me thinking.

@Randomsabreur a non-emergency broken limb can be treated at Minor Injuries. It doesn't need to go to A+E at all

If you have minor injuries unit not everywhere is the same

I had to go to A&E in the early hours of Christmas morning once. It was deserted.

The longest delay was the time it took the doctor to stop lauughing when I told him the gash on my head was caused by a louspeaker landing on it.

Where do you live?! (If you don’t mind giving rough area!)

Sorry previous message was for @Eightfour

A&E waiting times aren't clear as you are not seen in order of arrival.

If you need to be seen fast you generally are. I took in my baby with breathing problems (wound up ventilated a few hours later) and got seen very fast
Minutes. Same when i had to go with 5 year old gasping for breath with severe croup despite it being mid morning - given steroids probably with 5 mins of arrival. On both occasions the waiting room was full of people.

Depends on the triage too
Serious issues are obvs treated v quickly

Well, this thread is 6 months old so I'm sure, though cannot guarantee, that OP will have been seen by now - even with the NHS in the state it is in.