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The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Hamstel Road, Harlow, CM20 1QX · Run by The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 16 June 2023 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
66.8%
Better than 54% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
12.2 wks
Better than 54% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
38,802
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
405
Better than 48% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
77.3%
Better than 70% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
10,949
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
318
Better than 42% of trustsData: Jun 2026

NHS England publishes waiting-time and A&E figures per trust, not per building — figures marked Trust-wide cover all hospitals run by The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic5,43056.7%15.7 wks37
Cardiology4,07668.9%12.5 wks9
General Surgery3,75267.7%11.9 wks41
Gynaecology3,25170.0%10.8 wks69
Ear Nose and Throat3,19160.8%12.7 wks48
Ophthalmology2,93569.5%11.9 wks58
Urology2,87567.5%11.7 wks0
Gastroenterology2,84461.8%13.5 wks21
Oral Surgery1,84750.5%17.8 wks70
Dermatology1,49291.4%6.0 wks0
Other - Others1,40691.3%7.0 wks9
Rheumatology1,31465.5%13.3 wks14
Neurology1,12676.5%10.7 wks1
Respiratory Medicine1,11066.8%12.9 wks0
Other - Surgicals99252.1%17.1 wks21
Other - Paediatrics62290.7%6.6 wks1
Other - Medicals47675.2%9.5 wks6
General Internal Medicine38100.0%6.0 wks0
Elderly Medicine2588.0%7.5 wks0

About this data

Every figure on this page comes from an official publication: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics, NHS England A&E statistics, and the Care Quality Commission directory. Data periods are shown against each figure — NHS England publishes with a lag of around six weeks. Read the full methodology.