ShortestWait

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust Midlands Area: Birmingham and Solihull

At the end of August 2026, 15,544 patients were waiting for treatment at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 8.7 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
8.7 weeks
92% waiting less than
27.1 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
82%
Waiting over a year
2

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
Orthopaedics 52 2.4 wks 13.9 wks 7.8 wks 1st of 299
Oral surgery 6,357 10.4 wks 16.4 wks 27.0 wks 16th of 112
Other medical specialties 4,166 5.7 wks 10.7 wks 19.7 wks 6th of 145
Other mental health 702 8.7 wks 8.4 wks 18.0 wks 7th of 9
Other surgical specialties 4,267 10.5 wks 11.4 wks 32.2 wks 67th of 129

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

Median wait across all specialties

  • Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 12.8 weeks to 8.7 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 20268.7 wks12.2 wks
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MonthBirmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 20268.712.2
July 20268.312
June 20268.711.9
May 20269.612.4
April 20268.911.9
March 20268.611.3
February 202611.713.2
January 202611.313.6
December 202511.213.5
November 202511.312.9
October 202511.713.3
September 202511.813.4
August 20251213.5
July 202511.613.1
June 202513.113.4
May 202512.313.6
April 202511.813.3
March 202511.613.9
February 202512.914.2
January 202512.514.5
December 202411.814.2
November 202411.814
October 20241214.2
September 202412.814.4

Where it treats patients

Birmingham Community Healthcare 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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