Live figures from the trust are below. In September 2026, 48% of people were seen within 4 hours.
Drive there Public transportLast known figures, 14 Oct, 22:32. Updating
Each figure is the hospital's own published estimate, read every ten minutes. For life-threatening emergencies call 999; NHS 111 if you are not sure.
Measured from the hospitals' own published waits, read every hour since 14 October 2026. The pattern appears once a week of readings exists.
Chest pain, difficulty breathing, severe bleeding, signs of a stroke, a seizure that does not stop, or someone who cannot be woken. Call 999 rather than driving to A&E.
West Midlands Ambulance Service answers most 999 calls in this area. In September 2026 it reached life-threatening calls in 8 minutes on average (target 7) and serious calls such as stroke or chest pain in 25 minutes on average, 9 in 10 within 50 minutes. England: 8 and 31 minutes.
38% of ambulance handovers at hospitals in this service's area took over 30 minutes (England 27%). Figures are for the whole ambulance service, not this hospital alone.
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48% of people were seen, treated and admitted or sent home within 4 hours
11,050 visits in the month. Postcode B15 2WB. Part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
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2.9 miles. Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.
3.1 miles. Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
5.1 miles. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
8.2 miles. The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust publishes its own live figure, shown above and refreshed every ten minutes on this page. It is the longest wait for people whose condition is not urgent; anyone whose condition is urgent is seen sooner.
11,050 people attended in September 2026, about 368 a day. A&E is usually busiest in the late afternoon and evening and quietest in the early morning, and everyone is seen in order of urgency, not arrival.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, B15 2WB, Birmingham. Use the Drive or Public transport button for directions from where you are. In an emergency call 999: an ambulance crew decides the right hospital.