Alder Hey Children'S NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust North West Area: Cheshire and Merseyside

At the end of August 2026, 17,520 patients were waiting for treatment at Alder Hey Children'S NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 12.4 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
12.4 weeks
92% waiting less than
35.1 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
66%
Waiting over a year
167

Waiting times by specialty

Alder Hey Children'S NHS Foundation Trust waiting times by specialty, August 2026
Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
Other paediatric specialties 17,520 12.4 wks 12.3 wks 35.1 wks 67th of 113

Rank 1st means the shortest median wait among providers with at least 50 patients waiting in that specialty.

Median wait across all specialties

  • Alder Hey Children'S NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Alder Hey Children'S NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 16.2 weeks to 12.4 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612.4 wks
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Alder Hey Children'S NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks by month
MonthAlder Hey Children'S NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202612.412.2
July 202611.512
June 202611.311.9
May 202611.612.4
April 202611.111.9
March 202610.611.3
February 202612.913.2
January 202613.513.6
December 202513.413.5
November 202512.512.9
October 202513.313.3
September 202513.713.4
August 202514.313.5
July 202514.513.1
June 202515.113.4
May 202515.513.6
April 202515.913.3
March 202516.513.9
February 202515.314.2
January 202514.914.5
December 202414.514.2
November 202414.314
October 202415.814.2
September 202416.214.4

Where it treats patients

Alder Hey Children'S NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of figures for all its hospitals, so the waits above cover every site below.

Sites come from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Some clinics a trust runs inside other organisations' hospitals are not listed.

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