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The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Overall: Requires improvement read more about inspection ratings

Hamstel Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1QX (01279) 827844

Provided and run by:
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Important: This service was previously managed by a different provider - see old profile
Important: The provider of this service has requested a review of one or more of the ratings.

Assessment report published 30 July 2026

Ratings

  • Overall

    Requires improvement

  • Safe

    Requires improvement

  • Effective

    Good

  • Caring

    Good

  • Responsive

    Requires improvement

  • Well-led

    Requires improvement

Our view of the service

The Princess Alexandra Hospital provides a range of NHS hospital services.

Date of assessment: 11 and 12 November 2025. We carried out an assessment of urgent and emergency care and surgery.

Date of assessment: 26 and 27 November 2025. We carried out an assessment of medical care (including older people).

The rating of urgent and emergency care, surgery and medical care (including older people) have been combined with the ratings of the other services from the last inspections. See our previous reports to get a full picture of all the other services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital.

The rating of The Princess Alexandra Hospital remains requires improvement.