These charts were previously included in the Paediatric workforce information and evidence library webpage and have been moved to this dedicated webpage for ease of access. For information related to workforce, admissions, bed occupancy, and sickness absence, please visit the Paediatric workforce information and evidence library.
England: referral to treatment (RTT)
This section contains a roundup of waiting times data that children and young people are experiencing in England. The information displayed below is sourced from NHSE consultant referral to treatment waiting times (incomplete pathways) data.
Please note: data collection for RTT waiting times in England has changed, with community service pathways no longer reported in RTT datasets. This will have an impact on the dataset with a decrease of approximately 43,000 pathways within the community paediatric specialty. Data released from February 2024 onwards will not be directly comparable with earlier data (for more info please see ).
England waiting lists in community services for children and young people (CYP)
The data displayed in this section are extracted from NHSE Community Health Services Waiting Lists, collected by the Community Health Services (CHS) SitRep monthly on waiting lists and waiting times for Children and Young People and Adult community services.
The figures below show data for CYP community services waiting times: total waiting in community services by number of weeks waited, and total number of CYP waiting broken down by each community service available.
Waiting times: Devolved Nations
The figures below display national figures for paediatric patients' ongoing waits in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Data were gathered from the Department of Health for Northern Ireland, Public Health Scotland, and Digital Health and Social Care Wales. As figures come from different datasets, the cohorts of weeks waited differ between each nation.
Northern Ireland
The figures below show a number of patients and the proportion of weeks waiting for paediatric outpatients.
Due to the implementation of a new electronic patient record system, data was not available for one of the Health and Social Care Boards at the time of the latest publication date (29 February 2024 with data for the quarter ending December 2023). We will revise the data and update in retrospective once the next publication is available on 30 May 2024. For more details please see the .
Scotland
Figures below display ongoing waits for outpatient, inpatient and day cases in paediatrics.
Wales
Figures below show the number of patient pathways waiting to start treatment for the paediatric specialty.