Birmingham Children's Hospital - Accident & Emergency waiting times
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust runs Birmingham Children's Hospital - Accident & Emergency. Here is how long people waited for treatment there, by specialty, in August 2026.
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6NH. ODS code RQ3.
Sites this trust runs: Birmingham Children's Hospital - Accident & Emergency, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Cardiac, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (Camhs), Birmingham Children's Hospital - Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs), Birmingham Children's Hospital - Cystic Fibrosis Outpatients Paediatric, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Dermatology Outpatients Paediatric, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Diabetics, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Ear Nose and Throat Outpatients, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Gastro-Enterology Outpatients Paediatric, Birmingham Children's Hospital - General Paediatric Outpatients, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Haematology Outpatients, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Liver Outpatients Paediatric, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Metabolic Diseases Inherited, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Neurology Outpatients, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Non-Gh Endocrine, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Oncology Outpatients Paediatric, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Ophthalmic Outpatients Paediatric, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Orthodontics Paediatric Outpatients, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Orthopedic Surgery Outpatients, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Plastic Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Renal Paediatric Outpatients, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Respiratory Outpatients, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Surgical Outpatients, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Tertiary Camhs, Birmingham Children's Hospital - Transplant-Liver Outpatients Paediatric, Birmingham Childrens Hospital - Ntbc Paediatric, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham Women's Hospital (Discharge Medicines), Hob Community Clinical Psychology - City Hospital. The figures below cover all of them.
Hospital waiting times near Birmingham. A&E waiting times near Birmingham.
A&E in September 2026
74% of 4,840 people at this trust's 24-hour A&E departments were seen, treated and admitted or sent home within 4 hours. 3 people waited over 12 hours for a bed after a decision to admit.
Covers every A&E this trust runs.
Waits by specialty
Each band runs from the point where half of patients had been treated to the point where 9 in 10 had.
| Specialty | Treated waits | Waiting now | Within 18 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gynaecology | 22 to 51 weeks | 15 to 41 weeks | 57% |
| Other medical services | 10 to 40 weeks | 13 to 37 weeks | 66% |
| Other paediatric services | 11 to 42 weeks | 11 to 33 weeks | 70% |
| Other services | 6 to 14 weeks | 4 to 27 weeks | 84% |
| Ear, nose and throat | Too few patients to show | ||
| Ophthalmology | Too few patients to show | ||
| Other mental health services | Too few patients to show | ||
| Other surgical services | Too few patients to show | ||
| Trauma and orthopaedics | Too few patients to show | ||
| Urology | Too few patients to show | ||
NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.
Questions people ask
How long is the waiting list at Birmingham Children's Hospital - Accident & Emergency?
At the end of August 2026, 23,169 people were on the waiting list across all specialties. Half had waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 36 weeks. 66% were within the 18-week standard. Each specialty in the table below has its own figure.
Can I check where I am on the waiting list?
Not from this site: these are NHS England's monthly figures for whole specialties, not individual patients. The NHS App shows your own referral, and the hospital's patient advice and liaison service (PALS) can tell you your position and whether your referral is marked urgent. See how your wait compares.
How do I get seen sooner than the Birmingham Children's Hospital - Accident & Emergency wait time?
When your GP refers you, you can choose any hospital in England that holds an NHS contract, including independent hospitals the NHS pays for. If you have already waited over 18 weeks with no date in the next 8 weeks, you can ask to move. Compare every hospital near you first. Hospital waiting times near Birmingham.