ShortestWait

Other paediatric specialties waiting times by hospital

Patients waiting for other paediatric specialties treatment at the end of August 2026, at every NHS trust and independent provider in England with at least 50 patients waiting.

This group collects smaller specialties, including paediatrics, children, child, paediatric surgery, community paediatrics.

England median wait
12.3 weeks
92% waiting less than
36.4 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
66%
People waiting
322,905

Shortest other paediatric specialties waits near you

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England median wait over two years

England: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 14.8 weeks to 12.3 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612.3 wks
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MonthEngland
August 202612.3
July 202611.8
June 202611.3
May 202611.8
April 202611.3
March 202610.6
February 202612.4
January 202612.9
December 202513.0
November 202512.8
October 202513.7
September 202513.9
August 202514
July 202513.1
June 202513.2
May 202513.3
April 202512.8
March 202512.7
February 202513.7
January 202514.1
December 202414
November 202414
October 202414.7
September 202414.8

hospitals ranked by median wait

# Hospital or provider Waiting Median wait 92% within Within 18 weeks vs 3 months ago
1 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust NHS South East 568 4.3 wks 12.0 wks 98% 0.2 weeks longer
2 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 930 4.7 wks 11.8 wks 99% 1.4 weeks longer
3 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 177 5.3 wks 17.0 wks 94% 1.4 weeks longer
4 The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust NHS East of England 495 6.1 wks 16.0 wks 96% 0.5 weeks shorter
5 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,274 6.8 wks 16.2 wks 98% 1.5 weeks shorter
6 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,630 6.9 wks 36.5 wks 79% 0.3 weeks shorter
7 Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 109 7.1 wks 13.1 wks 100% 1.6 weeks longer
8 Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust NHS London 742 7.3 wks 20.7 wks 89% 0.5 weeks longer
9 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 574 7.7 wks 22.6 wks 82% 1.8 weeks longer
10 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust NHS South East 894 7.8 wks 17.1 wks 94% 2.0 weeks longer
11 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 2,828 7.9 wks 25.5 wks 82% 1.7 weeks longer
12 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 478 8.1 wks 25.4 wks 84% 0.6 weeks shorter
13 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 543 8.2 wks 19.6 wks 88% 2.0 weeks longer
14 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust NHS South West 732 8.3 wks 24.1 wks 82% 0.2 weeks shorter
15 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 788 8.3 wks 21.2 wks 86% 1.3 weeks shorter
16 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 4,076 8.4 wks 23.2 wks 85% 0.7 weeks shorter
17 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 363 8.6 wks 25.0 wks 87% 1.7 weeks shorter
18 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,526 8.6 wks 28.3 wks 81% 0.7 weeks shorter
19 Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 561 8.6 wks 21.7 wks 84% 1.4 weeks longer
20 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust NHS London 2,132 8.9 wks 22.2 wks 86% 0.5 weeks longer
21 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 285 9.0 wks 25.7 wks 80% 0.8 weeks shorter
22 Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 917 9.0 wks 26.0 wks 80% 0.2 weeks shorter
23 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 2,796 9.1 wks 30.8 wks 75% no change
24 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 1,986 9.2 wks 22.1 wks 84% 0.7 weeks longer
25 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,429 9.5 wks 23.8 wks 81% 0.2 weeks shorter
26 Guy'S and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 8,716 9.5 wks 26.4 wks 77% 1.5 weeks longer
27 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust NHS Midlands 3,198 9.7 wks 30.1 wks 74% 2.6 weeks longer
28 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 1,414 9.8 wks 32.1 wks 71% 1.8 weeks shorter
29 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,171 9.8 wks 37.4 wks 73% 0.8 weeks longer
30 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 8,104 9.9 wks 30.7 wks 73% 0.3 weeks longer
31 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,489 9.9 wks 24.2 wks 82% 0.5 weeks shorter
32 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 1,585 10.0 wks 23.7 wks 78% 1.6 weeks longer
33 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 112 10.0 wks 22.7 wks 81% 3.0 weeks longer
34 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,980 10.1 wks 36.5 wks 73% 0.2 weeks longer
35 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 723 10.2 wks 26.8 wks 73% 2.9 weeks shorter
36 Wye Valley NHS Trust NHS Midlands 315 10.3 wks 26.4 wks 82% 0.1 weeks longer
37 Sheffield Children'S NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 11,664 10.3 wks 33.5 wks 71% 0.6 weeks longer
38 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 633 10.4 wks 39.3 wks 75% no change
39 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 1,683 10.4 wks 24.6 wks 79% 0.3 weeks shorter
40 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,573 10.4 wks 28.6 wks 75% 3.0 weeks longer
41 King'S College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 4,314 10.5 wks 30.9 wks 78% 0.7 weeks longer
42 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King'S Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 580 10.6 wks 43.5 wks 69% 1.4 weeks longer
43 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 1,678 10.7 wks 25.4 wks 76% 1.2 weeks longer
44 Birmingham Women'S and Children'S NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 9,729 10.7 wks 32.6 wks 70% 1.7 weeks shorter
45 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,748 10.8 wks 28.9 wks 71% 0.1 weeks shorter
46 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 6,438 10.8 wks 37.4 wks 69% 0.1 weeks longer
47 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 454 10.9 wks 18.3 wks 91% 3.6 weeks shorter
48 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 897 10.9 wks 23.7 wks 76% 1.6 weeks shorter
49 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 811 10.9 wks 22.2 wks 83% 0.5 weeks longer
50 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 885 10.9 wks 34.0 wks 65% 0.4 weeks shorter
51 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 3,007 11.0 wks 26.6 wks 73% 0.2 weeks longer
52 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,158 11.1 wks 33.9 wks 70% 1.6 weeks longer
53 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS East of England 2,729 11.2 wks 37.7 wks 70% 2.8 weeks shorter
54 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,335 11.3 wks 23.7 wks 76% 2.3 weeks longer
55 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 4,767 11.4 wks 33.3 wks 70% 0.4 weeks shorter
56 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 6,212 11.5 wks 38.9 wks 68% 0.9 weeks longer
57 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 414 11.7 wks 38.5 wks 70% 2.0 weeks longer
58 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 2,690 11.7 wks 30.4 wks 73% 0.3 weeks shorter
59 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 1,060 11.8 wks 29.8 wks 72% 2.3 weeks longer
60 Ashford and St Peter'S Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 2,350 11.9 wks 34.4 wks 64% 1.4 weeks longer
61 East Cheshire NHS Trust NHS North West 306 12.0 wks 34.8 wks 68% 0.7 weeks shorter
62 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,209 12.0 wks 31.6 wks 70% 0.9 weeks longer
63 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 8,747 12.1 wks 30.9 wks 71% 0.7 weeks shorter
64 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,966 12.1 wks 33.7 wks 68% no change
65 Medway NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 165 12.1 wks 28.8 wks 70% 0.7 weeks longer
66 Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 1,993 12.2 wks 31.6 wks 72% 0.9 weeks longer
67 Alder Hey Children'S NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 17,520 12.4 wks 35.1 wks 66% 0.8 weeks longer
68 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,700 12.4 wks 32.3 wks 68% 1.7 weeks longer
69 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,428 12.5 wks 39.7 wks 65% 1.3 weeks longer
70 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,978 12.6 wks 30.5 wks 65% 0.8 weeks longer
71 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 197 12.7 wks 38.6 wks 62% 0.3 weeks longer
72 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust NHS Midlands 8,360 12.9 wks 37.1 wks 63% 0.3 weeks longer
73 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 301 13.0 wks 30.2 wks 68% 1.7 weeks longer
74 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,659 13.3 wks 33.9 wks 62% no change
75 St George'S University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 3,346 13.3 wks 32.8 wks 67% 2.9 weeks longer
76 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 756 13.4 wks 28.7 wks 69% 1.8 weeks longer
77 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 2,074 13.4 wks 40.5 wks 63% 1.8 weeks longer
78 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 5,629 13.5 wks 40.3 wks 62% 0.8 weeks longer
79 Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 5,653 13.6 wks 41.4 wks 65% 0.8 weeks longer
80 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 5,005 13.7 wks 38.6 wks 62% 1.1 weeks longer
81 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 5,903 14.0 wks 36.1 wks 62% 2.7 weeks longer
82 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 5,190 14.0 wks 37.1 wks 61% 2.1 weeks longer
83 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 201 14.1 wks 40.5 wks 59% 1.7 weeks shorter
84 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 2,787 14.4 wks 39.2 wks 62% 0.8 weeks longer
85 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 6,706 14.5 wks 41.0 wks 61% 0.6 weeks longer
86 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 5,121 14.6 wks 37.8 wks 60% 1.2 weeks longer
87 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 17,254 14.7 wks 37.3 wks 59% 0.5 weeks shorter
88 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 773 14.8 wks 38.0 wks 57% 0.5 weeks longer
89 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 5,801 14.8 wks 37.7 wks 59% 0.3 weeks shorter
90 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 9,471 14.9 wks 42.6 wks 58% 0.1 weeks longer
91 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 10,246 15.0 wks 41.2 wks 58% 2.0 weeks longer
92 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 5,398 15.1 wks 39.2 wks 59% 0.7 weeks longer
93 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 1,599 15.3 wks 41.4 wks 57% 2.4 weeks longer
94 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust NHS South East 4,653 15.4 wks 35.6 wks 58% 1.8 weeks longer
95 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 3,660 15.4 wks 38.9 wks 57% 1.2 weeks longer
96 The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 762 15.8 wks 49.3 wks 56% 1.8 weeks longer
97 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 865 15.9 wks 34.3 wks 56% 1.0 weeks longer
98 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 2,327 15.9 wks 45.0 wks 55% 1.7 weeks longer
99 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 351 16.0 wks 45.2 wks 55% 0.6 weeks shorter
100 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,570 16.5 wks 35.0 wks 55% 0.3 weeks shorter
101 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 4,852 16.5 wks 40.3 wks 53% 2.2 weeks longer
102 Barts Health NHS Trust NHS London 9,647 16.9 wks 42.7 wks 53% 1.8 weeks longer
103 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,611 17.2 wks 42.2 wks 53% 0.9 weeks shorter
104 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,800 18.0 wks 41.0 wks 50% 1.2 weeks longer
105 Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 922 18.1 wks 47.5 wks 50% 1.9 weeks shorter
106 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,642 18.5 wks 49.8 wks 49% 2.3 weeks longer
107 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 1,491 18.9 wks 38.1 wks 47% 3.0 weeks longer
108 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,242 19.1 wks 42.0 wks 46% 3.3 weeks longer
109 North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,858 19.4 wks 37.6 wks 47% 5.6 weeks longer
110 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 747 19.9 wks 39.8 wks 45% 1.4 weeks longer
111 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust NHS London 1,149 20.0 wks 44.3 wks 45% 0.7 weeks shorter
112 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 1,194 22.0 wks 37.0 wks 36% 3.5 weeks longer
113 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 4,622 23.2 wks 60.4 wks 40% 3.3 weeks longer

113 providers. Independent providers treat NHS patients at no cost to the patient; you can usually ask to be referred to one. Providers reporting one figure for several sites are marked with the number of sites.

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