A&E Major Trauma Centre 16 years or over

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham A&E Waiting Times

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Live Updated 7 min ago
2h 5m
estimated wait time
↓ 147 min shorter than usual (4 hr 32 min avg)
9 hr 44 min
longest today
1 hr 33 min
shortest today
4 hr 32 min
usual wait
Typical wait for non-urgent cases. Patients are seen in order of clinical priority. The most seriously ill are always seen first, no matter how busy the department is.
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The wait time shown above does not apply to urgent or life-threatening cases, which are seen first regardless of the queue. Not sure if you need A&E? Visit NHS 111 online or call 111 (free, 24 hours a day). Life-threatening emergency or serious injury? Call 999.
Recent waits & what to expect
Forecast Waits set to rise
Expected wait over the next few hours
2 hr 15 min

Built from 2,597 readings taken here over the last 28 days, then adjusted to how today is going so far. A guide, not a guarantee.

Typical waits by time of day
Usually quietest around noon - busiest around 8am
Typical waits by day of week
Friday tends to be quietest, Monday busiest
Nearby A&E & urgent care
Midland Metropolitan University Hospital A&E
2.7 mi away
Long wait
Heartlands Hospital A&E
5.1 mi away
Long wait
Solihull Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre
7.5 mi away
Long wait
Bromsgrove MIU
8.8 mi away
Moderate wait
Good Hope Hospital A&E
9.7 mi away
Long wait

There are also other nearby A&Es which collect wait times from the community, including Russells Hall Hospital, Manor Hospital and New Cross Hospital.

Contact & location
Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2WB
Switchboard: 0121 371 2000
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham A&E
Opening times
MondayOpen 24 hours
TuesdayOpen 24 hours
WednesdayOpen 24 hours
ThursdayOpen 24 hours
FridayOpen 24 hours
SaturdayClosed
Sunday TodayClosed
CQC Rating
requires improvement
Getting here
Metro / tram
Edgbaston Village (West Midlands Metro)33 min walk to A&E
Five Ways (West Midlands Metro)40 min walk to A&E
Brindleyplace (West Midlands Metro)43 min walk to A&E
Centenary Square (West Midlands Metro)48 min walk to A&E
Town Hall (West Midlands Metro)51 min walk to A&E
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Birmingham A&E wait times - last 24 hours
Hour Avg. wait
No data for the last 24 hours.
Departments & services
  • Accident and emergency (A&E)
  • Breast cancer services
  • Cancer Services
  • Cardiac services (community)
  • Cataract Surgery
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Colorectal cancer services
  • Dementia Services
  • Dermatology
  • Diabetic Medicine
  • Diagnostic Physiological Measurement
  • Dietetics
  • Ear, Nose & Throat
  • Emergency Abdominal Surgery
  • Endocrine and thyroid surgery
  • Gastrointestinal and Liver services
  • Genito-Urinary Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Haematology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Inpatient Diabetes
  • Intensive Care
  • Interventional Radiology
  • Major trauma
  • Nephrology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Occupational therapy services
  • Oesophago-Gastric cancer surgery
  • Oncology - Clinical
  • Oncology - Medical
  • Ophthalmology
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Orthopaedics
  • Paediatric Surgery
  • Pain Management
  • Physiotherapy
  • Plastic surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Prostate Cancer Service
  • Rehabilitation
  • Rheumatology
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Sports and Exercise Medicine
  • Sports and Exercise Medicine
  • Stroke
  • Teenage and young adult cancer services
  • Urology
  • Vascular surgery
What’s available here
Accessibility
Disabled Parking
Accommodation
Access To TvInternet AccessPublic TelephoneSingle Sex Accommodation Only
Parking
Car ParkingDisabled Parking
Faith Services
On-Site ChapelPrayer Area
Food and Amenities
CafeShop
Recent visitor feedbackreported by visitors
Overall
Not recommended by visitors
Staff
Staff are friendly and helpful
Not always kept informed about wait times
Triage is typically quick
Environment
Waiting area could be cleaner
Toilets are clean
Waiting area can feel unsafe
Family
No children’s play area
No separate children’s waiting area
Facilities
Enough seating in the waiting area
No TV in the waiting area
Food and drink available nearby
No phone charging points
No free WiFi
Mobile signal is good
Parking
Parking is easy to find
Payment accepted: card
Based on 1 visitor response in the last 6 months. This information is collected through a short anonymous survey shown to visitors on this page.

About Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is home to an accident and emergency department on Mindelsohn Way in Birmingham, West Midlands, part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Opening hours vary by day - the full schedule is further up this page. It is also a designated Major Trauma Centre - the tier of hospital equipped for life-threatening injuries and complex emergency surgery, which is why ambulances will sometimes drive past closer A&Es to bring the most severely injured patients here. The wider site runs 48 listed departments and services, from Breast cancer services to Vascular surgery.

The Care Quality Commission rates it Requires Improvement. Over the past 28 days, waits here have typically been shortest around noon and longest around 8am, a gap of about 4 hours 50 minutes. The site lists 2,648 parking spaces, 242 of them designated disabled bays, with patient parking averaging £2.03 an hour.

Official NHS performance

57.3%seen within 4 hours
34,437attendances in September 2026
60.4%England average for major A&Es

NHS England publishes these figures for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust as a whole, covering every A&E the trust runs rather than this site alone. That is below the England average of 60.4% for major A&E departments over the same month.

In the NHS Friends and Family Test for August 2026, 69% of 487 patients who responded at this site reported a positive experience. The trust's general and acute wards averaged 96.9% overnight bed occupancy in the quarter to March 2026 - full wards are the main reason admitted patients queue in A&E.

Attendances by year

NHS yearA&E attendancesMonthly averageWithin 4 hours12hr+ waits to admit
2023-24391,67332,63952.9%20,278
2024-25404,59133,71658.8%22,626
2025-26414,62334,55259.4%21,023
2026-27 (6 months)209,45234,90959.3%13,552

Between 2023-24 and 2025-26, monthly A&E attendances rose 6% and the share seen within four hours improved by 6.5 percentage points.

Frequently asked questions

How do I check the current A&E wait time at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham?

The live waiting time for the A&E at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is shown at the top of this page, together with when it was last updated.

When is the A&E at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham quietest?

Based on the last 28 days of readings at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, waits are usually lowest around noon and highest around 8am. The typical-day chart on this page shows the full hour-by-hour pattern, and our guide to the best time to visit covers UK-wide patterns.

How long will I wait at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham A&E?

Patients are triaged on arrival and the most urgent cases are always seen first, so your wait depends on how serious your condition is and how busy the department is. Hospitals in England work to the NHS four-hour standard - the aim is to admit, transfer or discharge patients within four hours of arrival. The live figure on this page shows how Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is doing right now. NHS England's most recent figures (September 2026) show 57.3% of patients across the trust's A&E departments were seen within four hours.

How often are the waiting times on this page updated?

Figures refresh every 15 minutes, and the last-updated time near the top of the page shows exactly when the newest reading was taken. Waiting times can change quickly, so treat any figure as a guide rather than a guarantee.

Is the A&E at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham open 24 hours?

No - opening hours vary by day - see the opening times listed on this page. Outside opening hours, the nearby section on this page lists alternative urgent care, or call NHS 111 for advice. In an emergency always call 999.

Where is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and how do I get there?

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is at Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2WB. For general enquiries call 0121 371 2000. Enter your postcode in the Getting here section for a door-to-door route.

Is parking free at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham?

No - patient and visitor parking here averages about £2.03 an hour (NHS estates return, 2024-25). The site lists 2,648 parking spaces, including 242 designated disabled bays. Concessions often apply for blue badge holders, frequent attenders and some patients - check the hospital's own parking page.

What is the CQC rating for Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham?

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is rated Requires Improvement overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of health and social care in England. You can read the full CQC report.

Can children be treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham A&E?

This A&E serves: 16 years or over. If your child's age group is not treated here, the nearby section on this page lists alternatives - or call NHS 111 for urgent advice and 999 in an emergency.

Is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham a Major Trauma Centre?

Yes - Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is a designated Major Trauma Centre, equipped for the most serious emergencies including major injuries and complex surgery. The most severely injured patients in the region are taken here, sometimes bypassing closer hospitals.
Where this data comes from
Wait times shown here are sourced from publicly available information published by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Our system automatically checks the trust’s published waiting-times page every 15 minutes and records the displayed waiting time. Data was last checked at 12:46pm on 25 Oct 2026. A full list of every source we use, and when each was last checked, is on our data sources page.
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Captured at 12:46 pm on Sunday 25 October 2026

This site is independent and has no affiliation with, or endorsement by, any NHS trust or hospital. Department labels shown (e.g. A&E, MIU, UTC) are our interpretation of the source data and may not match the hospital’s own terminology. Wait times change frequently and may not reflect the current situation, so always contact the hospital directly for the most up-to-date information. If any information is incorrect, please let us know.

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