Wolfeboro New Hampshire healthcare
Wolfeboro care planning needs Huggins Hospital, one pharmacy, and a regional specialist route
The catalog lists Huggins Hospital at 2.7 miles as a 25 bed critical access facility. Huggins describes 24 hour emergency care and primary, secondary, specialty, surgical, imaging, laboratory, rehabilitation, swing bed, and social services. The catalog trauma field is unavailable, so keep the facility count and trauma limit explicit and ask what requires transfer to a larger hospital.
The catalog lists 1 pharmacy and 7 selected Medicare specialists, with primary care access 40, emergency care access 100, and hospital access 82. Huggins lists primary care locations in Alton, Moultonborough, Ossipee, and Tamworth. Confirm the clinician, specialty, plan, referral, appointment timing, pharmacy hours, prescription delivery, emergency transfer, and regional transportation before relying on the local care count.
Access to care
1 hospitals are listed within 12 km. A primary care visit, a pharmacy stop, and an urgent need may not all be equally close to the same home.
1
Hospitals Within 12 km
- Healthcare Access
- Excellent
- Hospital Access
- Very Good
- HRSA Adult Primary Care Sites Within 15 Miles
- 0
- Nearest HRSA Adult Primary Care Site
- 15.8 mi
Everyday and urgent care
Primary care and pharmacy access shape frequent appointments. Specialist and emergency options matter when a need cannot wait.
Everyday care
- Primary Care Access
- Moderate
- Registered Retail Pharmacies
- 1
More involved care
- Medicare Listed Selected Specialists in City
- 7
- Emergency Care
- Excellent
Specialists and long term care
Specialist availability, emergency options, and longer term health can matter once you have chosen a neighborhood.
- Medicare Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Neurology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- 0.0%
- Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles
- 5
- Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital
- 2.7 miles
- Nearest CMS Rated Hospital
- 2.7 mi away
- Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
- 25
- Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024)
- 78.9 years
- Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- 1
- CMS Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles
- 2
- Nearest CMS Certified Nursing Home
- 3.2 mi away
- Medicare Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Long Term Care Hospitals in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ With a Disability
- 25.0%
- CMS Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- CMS Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Healthcare Quality
- Very Poor
- Healthy Aging Environment
- Very Poor
- Life Expectancy
- About 78.9 years
- Walkability for Health
- Moderate
4 of 5 stars · 2.7 mi away
WOLFEBORO BAY CENTER (305083) · 3.2 mi away
Wolfeboro in everyday life
Could Wolfeboro work for you?
What may work well
- Huggins is a nearby critical access hospital with 24 hour emergency, primary, specialty, surgical, diagnostic, rehabilitation, and swing bed services listed.
- The hospital has primary care locations across the Eastern Lakes Region.
- The catalog clearly lists 1 pharmacy and 7 selected specialists, making the network gap visible for direct planning.
What to think about
- The catalog trauma field is unavailable, and hospital service lists do not answer staffing, transfer time, network, or total cost.
- One pharmacy and seven specialist rows leave little room for plan, hours, referral, delivery, or clinician choice assumptions.
- Required car use makes winter roads, parking, fuel, regional care, and backup rides part of access.
Plan Wolfeboro care from the exact home
Verify Huggins
Ask the hospital to confirm current acute, emergency, surgical, imaging, laboratory, swing bed, rehabilitation, and specialty roles.
Choose primary care
Confirm a clinician, plan, referral rules, prescription process, appointment timing, offsite location, and regular route.
Choose a pharmacy
Confirm location, hours, delivery, refill timing, insurance network, controlled medicines, parking, and backup.
Practice the transfer route
Ask how higher acuity transfers work, save 911 and hospital contacts, check winter and flood alerts, and identify a regional ride.
Questions retirees ask
What hospital serves Wolfeboro, New Hampshire?
The catalog lists Huggins Hospital at 2.7 miles with 25 critical access beds. Huggins describes 24 hour emergency, primary, specialty, surgery, imaging, laboratory, rehabilitation, and swing bed services. The catalog trauma field is unavailable, so confirm emergency and transfer details directly.
Does Wolfeboro have a local pharmacy?
The catalog lists 1 nearby pharmacy. Confirm its address, hours, delivery, plan participation, refill timing, controlled medicines, parking, and a backup location before choosing a home.
Does Wolfeboro have specialists?
The catalog lists 7 selected Medicare specialists, not a complete provider census. Confirm the specialty, clinician, plan, referral, appointment, location, and regional travel route.
Is emergency care close to Wolfeboro?
The catalog lists Huggins Hospital at 2.7 miles and emergency care access 100. Huggins describes 24 hour emergency care. Confirm current staffed services, trauma limits, transfer, insurance, parking, and a regional backup route.
Wolfeboro’s local hospital is a useful anchor, but the small pharmacy and specialist counts and unavailable trauma field require a regional care and transfer plan. Verify the route, network, hours, and winter ride before relying on proximity.
Sources
Hospitals, primary care, pharmacies, specialists, and emergency care all affect how close and practical care may feel.
Confirm insurance acceptance, specialist availability, language needs, prescription access, and emergency care before making serious plans.
- OpenStreetMap healthcare amenities static probe
Used for Healthcare Access
- FEMA RAPT / HIFLD Hospitals
Used for Hospital Access, Hospitals Within 12 km, Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km, Healthcare Quality, Healthy Aging Environment
Checked 2026-07-19
- Health Resources and Services Administration
Used for Primary Care Access, HRSA Adult Primary-Care Sites Within 15 Miles, Nearest HRSA Adult Primary-Care Site
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Selected Specialists in City, Medicare-Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Neurology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
Checked 2026-07-13
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NPPES NPI Registry
Used for Registered Retail Pharmacies
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Emergency Care, Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles, Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital, Nearest CMS-Rated Hospital
Checked 2026-07-12
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- World Bank
Used for Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024), Life Expectancy
Checked 2026-06-18
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles, Nearest CMS-Certified Nursing Home
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Long-Term Care Hospitals in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ With a Disability
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City, CMS-Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Walkability Index
Used for Walkability for Health
Checked 2026-07-10
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