Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Birmingham · B15 2GW · data via University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · read recently
Locals may know it as: QEHB, QE Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Edgbaston
Time in department now
Primary source: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust — published waiting times
About this department
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) is one of the largest single-site hospitals in the UK, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, the hospital opened in 2010 and is a state-of-the-art facility with over 1,200 beds. QEHB is a major trauma centre for the West Midlands and hosts the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, providing specialist care for military personnel. The Emergency Department is one of the busiest in England, handling over 150,000 attendances annually. The hospital is internationally renowned for its transplant programme and research capabilities.
Getting there & getting in touch
- Town / postcode
- Birmingham, B15 2GW
- Hours
- Open: 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Run by
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- Service level
- Full A&E (Type 1 emergency department)
On-site services
The last 24 hours at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Every reading we've collected, newest first. The bar shows each reading relative to the day's peak.
| Collected | Trend | Wait | Shift | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recently16:36 | 4 hr 15 min | ▼ 14m | — | |
| recently16:10 | 4 hr 29 min | ▲ 12m | — | |
| recently15:36 | 4 hr 17 min | ▲ 24m | — | |
| recently15:09 | 3 hr 53 min | ▲ 31m | — | |
| recently14:36 | 3 hr 22 min | ▲ 19m | — | |
| recently14:10 | 3 hr 3 min | ▲ 7m | — | |
| recently13:36 | 2 hr 56 min | ▼ 1m | — | |
| recently13:10 | 2 hr 57 min | ▲ 31m | — | |
| recently12:37 | 2 hr 26 min | ▲ 18m | — | |
| recently12:14 | 2 hr 8 min | ▲ 13m | — | |
| recently11:35 | 1 hr 55 min | ▲ 17m | — | |
| recently11:10 | 1 hr 38 min | ▼ 53m | — |
How this compares locally
Right now the reading here is 4 hr 15 min. The Birmingham & Solihull average sits near 4 hr 2 min. This department is tracking close to the local norm.
Not sure A&E is the right door? Read this first →Quick answers for Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
What's the current wait at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham?
The latest published reading is about 4 hr 15 min. That comes straight from the trust's own feed and shifts through the day — and remember triage decides the order patients are seen, so a genuinely urgent case never waits for the whole queue.
Is the A&E at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham open right now?
Yes — this A&E never closes. It runs 24 hours a day every day of the year, with no appointment needed; arrivals are triaged and treated in order of clinical urgency.
Would somewhere other than Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham treat me faster?
Quite possibly, if your problem isn't life-threatening. Urgent treatment centres and minor injuries units around Birmingham handle sprains, cuts, minor burns and simple fractures with far shorter queues. The nearby-departments panel on this page shows live figures for the closest options, and 111 can book timed slots at some of them.
Where exactly is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham?
It's in Birmingham (B15 2GW). Pop your own postcode into our distance search to see how far it is from you compared with the other departments nearby.
When does this A&E tend to be calmest?
Across the UK the pattern is consistent: the lightest traffic is between roughly 6am and 9am, and the heaviest crunch lands on Monday mornings, weekday evenings, and Friday and Saturday nights. If your condition can safely wait for a quieter window, an early start usually pays off.
Could you be seen sooner?
Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
6.0 km
Heartlands Hospital
7.5 km
Solihull Hospital
12.0 km · UTC
Good Hope Hospital
15.1 km
Alexandra Hospital Redditch
17.1 km
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Worth reading first
Don't wait on a webpage
If someone is seriously unwell — chest pain, stroke signs, heavy bleeding, struggling to breathe — call 999 immediately instead of comparing queues.