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A&E

University Hospital Coventry — Children’s A&E Waiting Times

Coventry · Midlands · England

Hospital website

This is the children’s emergency department, separate from the adult emergency department and minor injuries service.

Hospital address
University Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, CV2 2DX

Published service or hospital postal address. Check the official provider page for the department entrance and travel information.

Verify details on the official service page ↗

This page checks for new observations every minute. Original sources are collected every 15 minutes; their own publication times are shown below.

Published waiting-time observations

Published waiting-time bandLive
more than 5 hours

The source publishes an indicative band or lower bound. It is not an exact individual waiting time.

Published by source: 21 Oct, 23:30
Retrieved by us: 21 Oct, 23:30
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Historical waiting-time statistics

Not live. These figures describe recorded visits during a past reporting month. They do not show today’s queue or predict your wait.
Historical median wait to treatmentHistorical · Provisional · Not live
1h 14m

Reporting period: August 2026

Trust-wide statistic: UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST

Trust-wide figure across the provider’s reporting emergency departments and patient groups; not a separate measurement for this hospital or age group. Median is the middle recorded time, not the arithmetic mean. Provisional monthly ECDS statistics; values may be revised.

Source: NHS England — Emergency Care Clinical Quality Indicators
Publication released: 8 October 2026
File retrieved: 21 October 2026. This is not the reporting period.
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Historical median total stayHistorical · Provisional · Not live
2h 9m

Reporting period: August 2026

Trust-wide statistic: UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST

Trust-wide figure across the provider’s reporting emergency departments and patient groups; not a separate measurement for this hospital or age group. Median is the middle recorded time, not the arithmetic mean. Provisional monthly ECDS statistics; values may be revised.

Source: NHS England — Emergency Care Clinical Quality Indicators
Publication released: 8 October 2026
File retrieved: 21 October 2026. This is not the reporting period.
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Historical median initial assessment — ambulance arrivalsHistorical · Provisional · Not live
3 min

Reporting period: August 2026

Trust-wide statistic: UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST

Trust-wide figure across the provider’s reporting emergency departments and patient groups; not a separate measurement for this hospital or age group. Median is the middle recorded time, not the arithmetic mean. Initial assessment covers ambulance arrivals only, as defined by AEQI031. Provisional monthly ECDS statistics; values may be revised.

Source: NHS England — Emergency Care Clinical Quality Indicators
Publication released: 8 October 2026
File retrieved: 21 October 2026. This is not the reporting period.
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Questions about these waiting times

Is the figure for University Hospital Coventry — Children’s A&E live?

Recent official observations are available above. Read each publication date: a successful retrieval alone does not establish when the publisher updated a figure.

What does the published waiting time measure?

  • Published waiting-time band: The source publishes an indicative band or lower bound. It is not an exact individual waiting time.
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LOCAL SERVICE INFORMATION

About University Hospital Coventry — Children’s A&E

Service identity
This is the children’s emergency department, separate from the adult emergency department and minor injuries service. Official source ↗
Opening hours
The publisher lists the children’s emergency department as open 24 hours. Official source ↗

Service details checked 21 October 2026. This is separate from the waiting-time publication dates above. Check the official service page for changes to access and opening arrangements.

How to use this information

University Hospital Coventry — Children’s A&E is listed as a hospital emergency department. Department types have different capabilities; a shorter published wait does not mean a service is suitable for your condition.

Patients are prioritised by clinical urgency, not arrival order. An observation reflects the department’s published measure at a particular time, and cannot predict your individual experience.

Can I compare this figure with another hospital?

Only compare like-for-like measures. The average total stay includes tests and treatment; the longest current wait describes a different thing. Where a source gives a range, we keep the range and do not calculate an exact estimate.

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