Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 91268

Accident and Emergency Departments: Ely and East Cambridgeshire

Tabled: 14 November 2025
Answered: 24 November 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal DemocratEly and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average A&E wait time in Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency was in each of the last five years.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency has a Type 3 Accident and Emergency (A&E), the Princess of Wales Hospital, in Ely. A&E data is not published at hospital level for this hospital.

The Princess of Wales Hospital is part of the NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board (ICB). NHS England publishes performance data by acute trust and ICB and is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/ae-attendances-and-emergency-admissions-2025-26/

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