NHS England figures
A&E waiting times
How many people were seen within 4 hours at 189 A&E departments in England, hospital by hospital, month by month. The figures are facts from NHS England, never a grade.
Busiest A&E in September 2026
- Within 4 hours
- 62%
- England: 61%
- Attendances
- 26,155
The card shows the hospital with the most attendances in the month, not the quickest.
All regions and areas
Open an NHS England region to see its areas. Each area page lists its A&E departments from A to Z.
East of England
18 hospitals
18 A&E departments in 3 NHS areas. The list is in alphabetical order, not a ranking.
London
29 hospitals
29 A&E departments in 4 NHS areas. The list is in alphabetical order, not a ranking.
Midlands
30 hospitals
30 A&E departments in 11 NHS areas. The list is in alphabetical order, not a ranking.
- Birmingham and Solihull, 5 hospitals
- Black Country, 4 hospitals
- Coventry and Warwickshire, 3 hospitals
- Derby and Derbyshire, 2 hospitals
- Herefordshire and Worcestershire, 3 hospitals
- Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, 1 hospital
- Lincolnshire, 2 hospitals
- Northamptonshire, 2 hospitals
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, 3 hospitals
- Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, 2 hospitals
- Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent, 3 hospitals
North East and Yorkshire
32 hospitals
32 A&E departments in 4 NHS areas. The list is in alphabetical order, not a ranking.
North West
30 hospitals
30 A&E departments in 3 NHS areas. The list is in alphabetical order, not a ranking.
South East
30 hospitals
30 A&E departments in 4 NHS areas. The list is in alphabetical order, not a ranking.
South West
20 hospitals
20 A&E departments in 7 NHS areas. The list is in alphabetical order, not a ranking.
What is shown here?
The share of people admitted, transferred or sent home within 4 hours of arriving at A&E. The rest spent longer than 4 hours there.
This is a fact about the A&E department, not a grade or a verdict. Departments see different patients: one that admits more people, or takes the most seriously ill, will often have longer times.
The figures are for type 1 and 2 departments: major emergency departments open 24 hours, and specialist ones such as eye hospitals. Urgent treatment centres, minor injury units and walk-in centres are not included.
Common questions about A&E waiting times
- What does “within 4 hours” mean?
It is the share of people who were admitted to a ward, transferred or sent home within 4 hours of arriving at A&E. It is NHS England's main measure of A&E waiting times. In September 2026, 61% of attendances at major and specialist A&E departments in England were within 4 hours.
- Is this a ranking of hospitals?
No. Every list is in alphabetical order. Hospitals see different patients: one that admits more people, or takes the most seriously ill, will often have longer times without giving worse care. Each figure is shown beside England’s, as a fact for the month.
- Why is my hospital missing?
NHS England publishes hospital figures for major emergency departments and specialist A&E departments (types 1 and 2). Urgent treatment centres, minor injury units and walk-in centres are not listed by hospital, and NHS England leaves out a site with fewer than 100 attendances in the month.
- Where do the figures come from?
From NHS England's monthly A&E statistics and its Emergency Care Data Set tables, published under the Open Government Licence. We show the latest twelve months; the latest is provisional.
All our sources- Does this change any GP practice’s grade?
No. A&E figures are about hospitals. They are never part of a GP practice’s grade.
How the grade works
Source: NHS England, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions, Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) tables, October 2025 to September 2026 (published 8 October 2026). Open Government Licence. NHS England publishes the hospital figures as experimental statistics, as received from hospitals, with counts rounded to the nearest 5.
Data updated
The month each source’s data runs to, and when its publisher released it.
- A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions: (published 8 October 2026)
Sources
- Contains public sector information from NHS England licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions, monthly, and its ECDS Performance tables. Contains Office for National Statistics data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.