Compare University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Put up to three hospitals or providers side by side, for one specialty or for all of them. Figures for patients waiting at the end of August 2026.

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustSouth Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust England
General surgery 13.0 11.0 (shortest) 12.8
Urology 12.2 (shortest) 16.1 12.2
Orthopaedics 8.6 (shortest) 8.7 13.9
Ear, nose and throat 12.8 (shortest) 15.1 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) 12.0 (shortest) 15.0 10.4
Oral surgery 19.3 (shortest) 23.4 16.4
Neurosurgery 15.6 – 13.4
Plastic surgery 11.3 (shortest) 20.7 14.0
Cardiothoracic surgery 6.8 – 9.6
General medicine 6.0 3.6 (shortest) 10.2
Gastroenterology 11.4 11.3 (shortest) 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 8.0 (shortest) 8.8 11.9
Dermatology (skin) 9.8 8.5 (shortest) 10.5
Respiratory medicine 10.5 (shortest) 22.6 10.4
Neurology 17.7 – 13.2
Rheumatology 7.7 5.5 (shortest) 10.9
Elderly medicine 5.8 (shortest) 7.6 7.6
Gynaecology 20.2 12.9 (shortest) 14.2
Other medical specialties 10.0 7.6 (shortest) 10.7
Other mental health 5.3* – 8.4
Other paediatric specialties 12.4 11.7 (shortest) 12.3
Other surgical specialties 9.6 (shortest) 11.3 11.4
Other services 7.1 2.8 (shortest) 8.7
All specialties 11.7 (shortest) 11.9 12.2

Median wait in weeks. The shortest in each row is marked in bold; * means fewer than 50 patients waiting, so not compared. Choose a specialty to see a trend chart.