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Other - Paediatric Services: NHS Waiting Times
In April 2026, 320,713 patients in England were waiting to start Other - Paediatric Services treatment on an open NHS referral-to-treatment pathway. The median wait was 11.3 weeks, and 67.6% had been waiting 18 weeks or less. Figures are official NHS England RTT data.
Quick answer
The NHS Other - Paediatric Services waiting list in England held 320,713 patients in April 2026, with a median wait of 11.3 weeks. 67.6% had been waiting 18 weeks or less, so 103,965 were past the 18-week standard, and 4,178 had been waiting more than a year.
Other - Paediatric Services NHS waiting figures (April 2026)
| Measure | Other - Paediatric Services | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Patients waiting | 320,713 | Incomplete (open) RTT pathways with a known clock start |
| Waiting 18 weeks or less | 216,748 (67.6%) | NHS Constitution standard: 92% within 18 weeks |
| Waiting more than 18 weeks | 103,965 | Patients past the 18-week standard |
| Median wait | 11.3 weeks | Point where half of patients have waited less, half more |
| Waiting more than 52 weeks | 4,178 | Patients waiting over a year |
Other - Paediatric Services (NHS treatment function X04). Across all specialties in England, the median NHS wait was 11.9 weeks with 64.9% seen within 18 weeks, so this specialty is at or above the national 18-week average.
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- How long is the NHS waiting list for Other - Paediatric Services in England?
- In April 2026, 320,713 patients were waiting to start Other - Paediatric Services treatment on an NHS incomplete (open) referral-to-treatment pathway in England. The median wait was 11.3 weeks, and 67.6% of patients had been waiting 18 weeks or less. Figures are official NHS England RTT statistics, as of April 2026.
- What percentage of Other - Paediatric Services patients are seen within 18 weeks?
- 67.6% of the 320,713 patients waiting for Other - Paediatric Services in England had been waiting 18 weeks or less as of April 2026. That leaves 103,965 patients waiting longer than the NHS 18-week standard. The NHS Constitution target is for 92% of patients to wait no more than 18 weeks.
- How many Other - Paediatric Services patients wait more than a year on the NHS?
- 4,178 patients were waiting more than 52 weeks (over a year) to start Other - Paediatric Services treatment in England as of April 2026. This is one of the metrics NHS England tracks to eliminate the longest waits.
- Can I avoid the NHS Other - Paediatric Services waiting list?
- Many patients shorten the wait by arranging a private consultation. A private specialist can usually see you within days rather than the 11.3 weeks median NHS wait for Other - Paediatric Services, and can arrange investigations, a second opinion or onward referral. You keep your NHS place while you do. GeraClinic connects you with consultant-level doctors for an online consultation.
- Where does this NHS waiting-time data come from?
- These figures are aggregated from NHS England's official Consultant-led Referral to Treatment (RTT) Waiting Times release for April 2026 (incomplete pathways). Across all specialties, 7,123,980 patients were waiting, with a national median of 11.9 weeks. The data is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS waiting times for other specialties
- Trauma and Orthopaedic Service (13.9 weeks median)
- Other - Medical Services (10.3 weeks median)
- Ophthalmology Service (9.7 weeks median)
- Ear Nose and Throat Service (14.1 weeks median)
- Gynaecology Service (13.3 weeks median)
- Other - Surgical Services (11.4 weeks median)
- General Surgery Service (12.7 weeks median)
- Dermatology Service (11.2 weeks median)
- Cardiology Service (11.4 weeks median)
- Urology Service (12.2 weeks median)
- Gastroenterology Service (11.1 weeks median)
- Oral Surgery Service (15.2 weeks median)
- Neurology Service (13.5 weeks median)
- Respiratory Medicine Service (9.7 weeks median)
- Other - Other Services (8.4 weeks median)
- Rheumatology Service (10.6 weeks median)
- Plastic Surgery Service (14.3 weeks median)
- Neurosurgical Service (12.7 weeks median)
- General Internal Medicine Service (10.8 weeks median)
- Elderly Medicine Service (7.6 weeks median)
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Service (9.9 weeks median)
- Other - Mental Health Services (8.7 weeks median)
- All specialties & the national total →
Methodology
Figures for Other - Paediatric Services (treatment function X04) are aggregated nationally from the real per-provider weekly wait-band counts in NHS England's April 2026 Consultant-led Referral to Treatment (RTT) Waiting Times full CSV extract (20260430-RTT-April-2026-full-extract.csv, incomplete pathways). “Patients waiting” sums all weekly wait bands with a known clock start; “within 18 weeks” is the share in the first 18 bands; the median is the band where the cumulative distribution crosses 50% (linear-interpolated); “over 52 weeks” counts patients waiting more than a year. No estimates or survey data are mixed in. Reference period: April 2026.
Contains public sector information published by NHS England and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: NHS England — Consultant-led Referral to Treatment (RTT) Waiting Times (April 2026, published June 2026). Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This directory is not affiliated with NHS England.