ShortestWait

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust Midlands Area: Black Country

At the end of August 2026, 67,228 patients were waiting for treatment at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. Half had waited less than 14.4 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
14.4 weeks
92% waiting less than
39.2 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
60%
Waiting over a year
461

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 4,708 12.4 wks 12.8 wks 34.4 wks 141st of 238
Urology 3,852 14.2 wks 12.2 wks 34.0 wks 145th of 180
Orthopaedics 6,095 15.3 wks 13.9 wks 39.8 wks 217th of 299
Ear, nose and throat 7,468 23.9 wks 15.4 wks 47.3 wks 149th of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 7,983 9.5 wks 10.4 wks 27.3 wks 194th of 301
Oral surgery 1,043 19.6 wks 16.4 wks 40.0 wks 87th of 112
Plastic surgery 675 15.1 wks 14.0 wks 32.1 wks 61st of 82
Cardiothoracic surgery 12 2.5 wks 9.6 wks 15.0 wks under 50 waiting
Gastroenterology 1,815 17.9 wks 11.0 wks 41.0 wks 163rd of 166
Cardiology (heart) 4,980 18.1 wks 11.9 wks 41.4 wks 121st of 125
Dermatology (skin) 3,791 15.7 wks 10.5 wks 38.4 wks 104th of 111
Respiratory medicine 1,882 10.0 wks 10.4 wks 22.6 wks 64th of 120
Neurology 1,575 18.5 wks 13.2 wks 45.9 wks 80th of 87
Rheumatology 622 7.8 wks 10.9 wks 17.6 wks 32nd of 120
Elderly medicine 46 4.4 wks 7.6 wks 10.1 wks under 50 waiting
Gynaecology 5,266 15.5 wks 14.2 wks 36.8 wks 133rd of 176
Other medical specialties 3,325 12.8 wks 10.7 wks 42.0 wks 113th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 6,212 11.5 wks 12.3 wks 38.9 wks 56th of 113
Other surgical specialties 5,336 14.4 wks 11.4 wks 29.7 wks 117th of 129
Other services 542 39.8 wks 8.7 wks 55.2 wks 119th 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

  • Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
  • England
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 16.2 weeks to 14.4 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202614.4 wks12.2 wks
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MonthSandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS TrustEngland
August 202614.412.2
July 202614.012
June 20261411.9
May 202613.912.4
April 202612.911.9
March 202612.711.3
February 202614.913.2
January 202615.713.6
December 202514.713.5
November 202514.412.9
October 202515.313.3
September 202514.913.4
August 20251513.5
July 202515.313.1
June 202515.113.4
May 202515.513.6
April 202515.413.3
March 202515.913.9
February 202516.714.2
January 202517.114.5
December 202416.814.2
November 202416.614
October 202416.814.2
September 202416.214.4

Where it treats patients

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals 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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