Home Reports The Midlands, August 2026 Longest and shortest hospital waits in the Midlands, August 2026 In August 2026, 9 in 10 people waiting at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust had waited under 32 weeks, the shortest of 19 trusts with an A&E in the Midlands that published waits. At University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust it was 44 weeks, NHS England figures show.
1,089,815 people were waiting at these trusts, up 14,169 on July 2026. Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust improved most (1 week shorter). Wye Valley NHS Trust rose most (2 weeks longer).
In A&E, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust saw 85% within 4 hours, the most in the region; Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust saw 43%.
Wait at each trust Walsall Healthcare 32 weeks The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital 33 weeks University Hospitals Birmingham 33 weeks Kettering General Hospital 34 weeks George Eliot Hospital 38 weeks The Dudley Group 38 weeks South Warwickshire University 38 weeks Wye Valley 38 weeks Worcestershire Acute Hospitals 39 weeks The Royal Wolverhampton 39 weeks Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals 39 weeks Sherwood Forest Hospitals 39 weeks Chesterfield Royal Hospital 40 weeks University Hospitals of Derby and Burton 41 weeks University Hospitals of North Midlands 42 weeks United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals 42 weeks University Hospitals of Leicester 42 weeks Nottingham University Hospitals 43 weeks University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire 44 weeks Cite this chart Chart: CheckWaitingTimes (checkwaitingtimes.co.uk/reports/august-2026/midlands), from NHS England RTT waiting times, August 2026. Free to reuse with this credit and a link.
Trust Waiting 9 in 10 within Change on July 2026 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust 28,489 32 weeks -1 week The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust 38,312 33 weeks -1 week University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 96,056 33 weeks -1 week Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 32,044 34 weeks -1 week George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust 19,075 38 weeks same The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust 48,882 38 weeks same South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust 31,997 38 weeks +1 week Wye Valley NHS Trust 23,032 38 weeks +2 weeks Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 59,549 39 weeks same The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust 71,030 39 weeks +1 week Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 67,228 39 weeks +1 week Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 33,431 39 weeks same Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 26,724 40 weeks same University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust 100,816 41 weeks same University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust 75,383 42 weeks +1 week United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 69,984 42 weeks +1 week University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 114,859 42 weeks same Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 86,339 43 weeks +1 week University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust 66,585 44 weeks -1 week
Method: the waiting list for all specialties at each NHS trust with a main A&E and 1,000 or more people waiting, grouped by NHS England region. Specialist trusts are in the league table . How waits are worked out .
Latest monthly : NHS England , August 2026 . Data checked 19 October 2026 .
Other regions: The East of England , London , The North East and Yorkshire , The North West , The South East , The South West . Every report . What changed in England .