Seen Sooner

Waiting times/Other: Paediatric Services

Other: Paediatric Services waiting times
by hospital

Every provider in England reporting other: paediatric services waits in June 2026, shortest first. You have a legal right to choose any of them.

12

week England average

18

weeks between the fastest and slowest provider

326k

people waiting across 115 providers

That spread is the whole point. Someone waiting at the slowest provider could, on these figures, be seen about 18 weeks sooner elsewhere — if they know to ask.

#ProviderMedianWithin 18wkWaitingYear
1East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury399%732
2Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Dartford499%769
3Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport593%170
4The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow595%594
5Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth696%857
6North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Carlisle693%606
7Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate692%846
8Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot689%2,965
9Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall683%3,289
10University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent681%1,931
11George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton787%534
12Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust Stanmore790%622
13Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Bracknell7100%102
14Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke883%1,701
15Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford889%549
16Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering883%305
17Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North Shields897%1,287
18Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London884%4,253
19Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London887%2,346
20The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn870%625
21Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Ashton-Under-Lyne882%1,037
22London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Harrow883%2,623
23Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester897%99
24Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster883%233
25Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London882%8,722
26Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton877%1,126
27Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust London888%2,093
28Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Truro885%699
29The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne976%8,138
30Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Redhill981%1,866
31University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Kendal973%2,214
32The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham985%1,217
33King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London977%4,146
34The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Uxbridge977%1,103
35Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham982%2,829
36East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn984%1,519
37Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Northampton978%471
38Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Huddersfield985%1,585
39Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sutton-in-Ashfield986%930
40Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames969%1,636
41Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford973%260
42Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley981%874
43Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral979%2,475
44North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington973%2,016
45Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield973%2,096
46Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust Sheffield975%11,322
47Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Amersham1087%784
48South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick1074%463
49Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading1085%1,470
50Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Keighley1071%629
51Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Smethwick1070%6,234
52South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland1077%3,223
53Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Hull1073%1,602
54University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham1072%2,317
55St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London1172%3,381
56University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton1170%6,222
57Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Romford1183%426
58West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford1174%2,660
59Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham1175%1,274
60Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chertsey1170%2,165
61The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Oswestry1174%329
62University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Poole1176%2,576
63South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough1169%1,885
64Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford1171%1,914
65Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge1169%4,735
66Medway NHS Foundation Trust Gillingham1176%146
67Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool1169%16,372
68Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham1167%8,932
69Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton1267%5,883
70East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust St. Leonards-on-Sea1274%316
71Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter1266%1,358
72The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley1266%2,048
73Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust London1268%5,868
74East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester1267%751
75University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London1265%4,971
76Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norwich1267%5,053
77University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester1266%8,143
78North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough1269%734
79The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury1276%1,009
80Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton1367%198
81East Cheshire NHS Trust Macclesfield1369%332
82University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing1364%5,741
83Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London1369%9,393
84Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan1362%2,854
85West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Bury St. Edmunds1363%1,654
86Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford1363%6,620
87Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool1465%1,356
88Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London1462%6,159
89County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington1463%5,288
90Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone1462%4,539
91Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds1463%10,132
92University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Bristol1459%9,542
93University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth1459%1,527
94University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby1459%3,375
95Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton1460%5,318
96United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln1460%1,717
97James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth1557%2,393
98Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester1558%18,231
99Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford1559%4,728
100North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Hartlepool1657%1,619
101Barts Health NHS Trust London1656%9,793
102Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool1655%898
103Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield1656%661
104The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton1753%1,561
105University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry1753%1,580
106Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston1753%1,802
107Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath1752%1,436
108Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon1852%1,631
109Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorchester1852%318
110Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury1849%168
111Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Camberley1943%1,150
112Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Grimsby2046%748
113Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Westcliff-on-Sea2144%5,107
114Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Thornton Heath2141%1,050
115Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes2146%926
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