Shorter Wait

Waiting times/Other: Paediatric Services/University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Other: Paediatric Services waiting times at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

17week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 1,580 people on the other: paediatric services list here have been waiting longer than 17 weeks, half less. That is 1 week shorter than a year ago. It is about 5 weeks longer than the England average for this specialty. 51 of them have been waiting more than a year.

53%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

46

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

105 / 115

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

1 week shorter than a year ago.

That hides a turn: it is 1 week shorter than twelve months ago, but 4 weeks longer than six months ago.

Median wait each month, 18 months to June 2026.

How the queue is spread

How the queue is spread, in four-week bands. The rule marks the 18-week standard. 42% of this queue is already past it.

Treating sooner nearby

Comparable providers within 75 miles reporting a shorter wait. You have a legal right to ask for any of them.

ProviderMilesMedianSooner by
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall33 miles6 wks11 wks
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent65 miles6 wks11 wks
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton8 miles7 wks11 wks
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kettering37 miles8 wks10 wks
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham47 miles9 wks8 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

SpecialtyWaitingMedian
Ear Nose and Throat9,01923 wks
General Surgery8,34714 wks
Gynaecology6,83019 wks
Ophthalmology6,80416 wks
Other: Medical Services6,07011 wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic5,50114 wks
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Straight answers

About this figure

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