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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Road, Kings Lynn, PE30 4ET · Run by The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 1 March 2024 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
61.5%
Better than 20% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
13.4 wks
Better than 27% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
25,600
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
432
Better than 43% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
61.3%
Better than 7% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
7,904
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
149
Better than 60% 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 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Ear Nose and Throat3,18650.9%17.6 wks99
Other - Surgicals2,44556.4%14.6 wks61
Trauma and Orthopaedic2,29552.4%16.7 wks81
Ophthalmology2,10367.0%12.1 wks23
Dermatology2,08970.3%10.8 wks1
General Surgery1,62345.7%20.4 wks70
Cardiology1,61873.2%11.6 wks1
Urology1,57364.3%12.6 wks43
Gynaecology1,55767.8%11.5 wks21
Gastroenterology1,35658.1%15.3 wks4
Other - Medicals1,21871.3%10.3 wks0
Neurology1,18162.1%14.1 wks0
Respiratory Medicine84357.1%15.3 wks0
Other - Paediatrics73371.1%9.1 wks4
Rheumatology65170.8%11.2 wks1
Other - Others48364.6%11.7 wks7
Oral Surgery41973.7%7.6 wks15
General Internal Medicine9993.9%1.0 wks0
Elderly Medicine6698.5%6.2 wks0
Plastic Surgery6056.7%11.0 wks1
Cardiothoracic Surgery2100.0%2.0 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.