Emergency Departments are located at Craigavon Area Hospital and Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry.
At Craigavon Area Hospital, adults should come to the main ED entrance and children should be brought to the Paediatric ED (beside maternity). At Daisy Hill Hospital, all patients should come to the main Emergency Department reception.
Both these departments continue to provide care 24 hours a day – every day. Hospital emergency departments are for people who are seriously ill or injured and need to be immediately treated.
Please note: From Wednesday 16 February 2022 the main entrance to the Maternity building is now closed until further notice due to construction work.
Alternative access to all areas of Maternity and the Paediatric Emergency Department for emergency & non-emergency visits, and exit from same, will be via the Maternity-Blossom Children’s Unit link corridor, using the entrance adjacent the Blossom building, which is now open 24/7.
The Emergency Department Waiting Times Information Page is a new online tool that allows the public to check the average waiting times at Emergency Departments in hospitals across Northern Ireland. The online facility is available at www.nidirect.gov.uk/emergency-department-average-waiting-times
Phone First
‘Phone First’ is for patients (including children):
who are unwell and considering travelling to Craigavon Area Hospital or Daisy Hill Hospital Emergency Departments (ED); or South Tyrone Hospital Minor Injuries Unit
with an injury or illness which requires urgent treatment but is not immediately life threatening.
If you have an urgent problem (excluding serious illness or injury) and are considering travelling the ED or Minor Injuries Unit please ‘Phone First’ between 9am and 9pm Monday to Friday on: 0300 123 3 111 (Text Relay: 18001 0300 123 3 111) Click here for FAQs
Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays 10am to 6pm: If you have a minor injury and live close to South Tyrone Minor Injury Unit please phone for an appointment before you attend Tel: 028 3756 7481. Please note that we cannot treat any medical or surgical conditions