Life-threatening emergencies

Accident and Emergency (also known as A&E or the Emergency Department) is for life-threatening problems only. Please keep the service free for people who need it by using the alternative services described on this website if it isn’t life threatening.

If you use Accident and Emergency when it isn’t life threatening, you will have to wait a long time to be seen. 

If you are not sure which service you need, contact NHS 111 online or by phone, before setting out anywhere. If they do advise you to go to Accident and Emergency they will give you a time slot so you don’t need to wait as long.

If you think you might need an x-ray, there a several locations in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland you can use instead of accident and emergency. 

The Accident and Emergency Department for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland is located at Leicester Royal Infirmary. 

Due to the levels of infectious diseases in our community, we ask that only one parent or carer stay with their child in our Emergency Department. Please do not bring siblings. This is the same in our adult Emergency Department. We also ask only one person attend with patients in our Maternity Assessment Unit and Oncology Assessment Unit. If you arrive with more people, they may be asked to leave.