The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Harlow, East of England, CM20 1QX. ODS code RQW.
Hospitals run by this trust: The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Herts & Essex Community Hospital, Princess Alexandra Private Hospital, Saffron Walden Community Hospital, St. Margaret's Hospital. NHS England reports waiting times for the trust as a whole, so the figures below cover all of them. Source: NHS England Organisation Data Service (ORD API).
A&E in September 2026
71% of 9,234 people at this trust's 24-hour A&E departments were seen, treated and admitted or sent home within 4 hours. 328 people waited over 12 hours for a bed after a decision to admit.
Covers every A&E this trust runs. In an emergency call 999. Not sure? Call NHS 111 or use 111.nhs.uk. Source: NHS England, A&E attendances and emergency admissions, monthly CSV (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Waits by specialty
Each band runs from the point where half of the people treated in August 2026 had waited, to the point where 9 in 10 had waited. Figures cover whole specialties, not single operations. Where fewer than 20 people were waiting or fewer than 20 were treated, we show nothing for that specialty.
| Specialty | Treated waits | Waiting now | Within 18 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology | 19 to 47 weeks | 14 to 31 weeks | 65% |
| Dermatology | 3 to 16 weeks | 8 to 21 weeks | 87% |
| Ear, nose and throat | 12 to 54 weeks | 12 to 39 weeks | 69% |
| Gastroenterology | 3 to 47 weeks | 15 to 37 weeks | 60% |
| General surgery | 2 to 40 weeks | 12 to 41 weeks | 67% |
| Gynaecology | 4 to 50 weeks | 11 to 40 weeks | 71% |
| Neurology | 16 to 41 weeks | 12 to 28 weeks | 70% |
| Ophthalmology | 5 to 44 weeks | 11 to 37 weeks | 70% |
| Oral surgery | 19 to 54 weeks | 18 to 45 weeks | 51% |
| Other medical services | 4 to 42 weeks | 6 to 22 weeks | 89% |
| Other paediatric services | 5 to 17 weeks | 6 to 16 weeks | 96% |
| Other services | 3 to 18 weeks | 8 to 22 weeks | 89% |
| Other surgical services | 34 to 60 weeks | 18 to 48 weeks | 49% |
| Respiratory medicine | 9 to 38 weeks | 9 to 29 weeks | 76% |
| Rheumatology | 35 to 49 weeks | 13 to 34 weeks | 67% |
| Trauma and orthopaedics | 15 to 52 weeks | 17 to 43 weeks | 54% |
| Urology | 6 to 39 weeks | 12 to 36 weeks | 66% |
| Elderly medicine | Too few patients to show | ||
| General internal medicine | Too few patients to show | ||
Source: NHS England, Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times, monthly full CSV (Open Government Licence v3.0)