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Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5SS · NHS England Midlands - Birmingham and Solihull, Black Country, Coventry and Warwickshire, Herefordsh

Trust-wide at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, 7 in 10 patients would recommend it. The shortest published NHS wait across this NHS trust is 2 weeks.

About this provider

Funding
NHS
Telephone
0121244200
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CQC provider ID
RRK
CQC location ID
RRK97

Care Quality Commission rating

Most recent inspection: 2024-02-14.

Insufficient evidence to rate 0 of 4 CQC bands (most recent published rating)

Rating at each inspection

2024-02-14Insufficient evidence to rate
2023-06-07Inspected but not rated
2023-04-19Inspected but not rated
2021-10-08Inspected but not rated
2021-02-03Inspected but not rated
2019-09-27Inspected but not rated
2019-02-13Inspected but not rated

Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. CQC uses a four-band scale and does not issue a star rating.

Specialties treated here

NHS specialties with a published waiting time at this NHS trust. Select one for how it compares across the area.

What patients said

The NHS Friends and Family Test asks patients whether they would recommend the service. Responses for May 2026. These figures are for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and cover all its hospitals.

Inpatient care
91%
would recommend · 767 responses
A&E
70%
would recommend · 1,485 responses
Outpatient appointments
91%
would recommend · 630 responses

NHS England Friends and Family Test, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. The FFT is not a formal performance measure and response rates vary between services.

Cancer waiting times

How quickly this trust diagnoses and starts treatment for people referred with a suspicion of cancer. Data for March 2026. Targets are the NHS operational standards. No English region currently meets the 62-day standard. These figures are for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital.

62-day treatment
72%
% starting first cancer treatment within 62 days of an urgent GP referral
target 85%
28-day diagnosis
85%
% told they have cancer, or that they do not, within 28 days of an urgent referral
target 75%
31-day treatment
92%
% starting first treatment within 31 days of the decision to treat
target 96%

62-day treatment by cancer type

The share of patients who began treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral, for each type this trust reports. The national aim is 85%. Numbers per type are smaller, so they move more from month to month.

Cancer typeWithin 62 days
Breast64%
Lung60%
Bowel66%
Prostate69%
Skin96%
Gynaecological53%
Head and neck76%
Lymphoma77%
Oesophagus and stomach53%
Liver and bile duct70%
Other urological51%
Other blood97%

NHS England Cancer Waiting Times, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. Provisional monthly data. Small numbers of patients can move a percentage sharply.

Mortality (SHMI)

The Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator compares the number of people who die after care at this trust with the number expected, given how ill the patients were. Rolling 12 months to August 2025. This figure is for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital.

As expected SHMI 0.921.00 = as expected

NHS Digital, Accredited Official Statistic, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-08-30. The SHMI is not a measure of the quality of care and a “higher than expected” band is a flag for further investigation, not a judgement. It must not be used to rank trusts. It does not include deaths of patients receiving palliative care where that is coded.

NHS waiting times, trust-wide

Waiting times are reported by NHS trusts, not by individual hospitals. These figures are for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs this hospital along with its other sites. Waits at this site may differ.

Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment, latest published month.
SpecialtyMedian waitWithin 18 weeksPatients waiting
All specialties11 wks69%93,337
Cardiology7 wks90%5,133
Cardiothoracic surgery7 wks83%185
Dermatology9 wks74%5,330
Ear, nose and throat11 wks69%8,519
Elderly medicine7 wks90%290
Gastroenterology12 wks66%6,656
General internal medicine5 wks91%322
General surgery14 wks64%4,434
Gynaecology15 wks60%8,666
Neurology15 wks56%4,098
Neurosurgery14 wks60%1,937
Ophthalmology12 wks65%9,131
Oral surgery19 wks47%2,471
Other medical services10 wks74%11,327
Other mental health services2 wks100%45
Other services6 wks80%1,950
Other surgical services11 wks73%5,365
Paediatric services10 wks72%2,318
Plastic surgery11 wks64%698
Respiratory medicine11 wks66%2,941
Rheumatology6 wks87%1,050
Trauma and orthopaedics7 wks78%4,067
Urology12 wks66%6,404

NHS-funded care only. Does not reflect private appointment availability. Retrieved 2026-08-30.

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