ShortestWait

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

NHS trust Midlands Area: Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent

At the end of August 2026, 75,543 patients were waiting for treatment at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. Half had waited less than 13.8 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
13.8 weeks
92% waiting less than
41.5 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
60%
Waiting over a year
1,737

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 9,743 13.2 wks 12.8 wks 44.1 wks 163rd of 238
Urology 4,511 14.1 wks 12.2 wks 41.0 wks 144th of 180
Orthopaedics 5,244 17.3 wks 13.9 wks 44.7 wks 262nd of 299
Ear, nose and throat 4,214 15.4 wks 15.4 wks 48.9 wks 97th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 6,370 15.6 wks 10.4 wks 46.2 wks 292nd of 301
Oral surgery 4,215 18.2 wks 16.4 wks 48.4 wks 74th of 112
Neurosurgery 611 14.2 wks 13.4 wks 41.5 wks 22nd of 37
Plastic surgery 1,314 8.6 wks 14.0 wks 32.2 wks 20th of 82
Cardiothoracic surgery 227 11.2 wks 9.6 wks 29.9 wks 17th of 21
Gastroenterology 5,662 13.8 wks 11.0 wks 32.8 wks 145th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 5,218 11.8 wks 11.9 wks 41.2 wks 69th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 1,475 7.9 wks 10.5 wks 28.3 wks 26th of 111
Respiratory medicine 5,001 11.5 wks 10.4 wks 27.1 wks 87th of 120
Neurology 6,767 17.6 wks 13.2 wks 41.3 wks 76th of 87
Rheumatology 2 20.0 wks 10.9 wks 21.8 wks under 50 waiting
Elderly medicine 49 4.5 wks 7.6 wks 13.5 wks under 50 waiting
Gynaecology 5,663 16.8 wks 14.2 wks 46.7 wks 149th of 176
Other medical specialties 7,323 10.8 wks 10.7 wks 32.2 wks 87th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 1,630 6.9 wks 12.3 wks 36.5 wks 6th of 113
Other surgical specialties 47 6.8 wks 11.4 wks 17.2 wks under 50 waiting
Other services 257 6.1 wks 8.7 wks 18.2 wks 27th of 119

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

Median wait across all specialties

  • University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
  • England
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 15.2 weeks to 13.8 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202613.8 wks12.2 wks
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MonthUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS TrustEngland
August 202613.812.2
July 20261312
June 202613.111.9
May 202612.812.4
April 202611.811.9
March 20261111.3
February 202613.313.2
January 202613.413.6
December 202513.213.5
November 202512.312.9
October 202512.513.3
September 202512.713.4
August 202512.713.5
July 202511.913.1
June 202512.313.4
May 202513.113.6
April 202512.813.3
March 20251413.9
February 202514.314.2
January 202514.914.5
December 202414.414.2
November 202414.314
October 202415.114.2
September 202415.214.4

Where it treats patients

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS 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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