Compare Cobalt Hospital, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Put up to three hospitals or providers side by side, for one specialty or for all of them. Figures for patients waiting at the end of August 2026.

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty Cobalt HospitalCounty Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust England
General surgery 14.7 13.5 (shortest) 12.8
Orthopaedics 13.1 7.4 (shortest) 13.9
Ear, nose and throat – 12.1 15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes) – 11.8 10.4
Oral surgery – 13.8 16.4
Plastic surgery 12.0 11.0 (shortest) 14.0
Cardiothoracic surgery – 14.0* 9.6
General medicine – 13.3 10.2
Gastroenterology 7.5 (shortest) 14.7 11.0
Cardiology (heart) – 7.5 11.9
Dermatology (skin) – 15.7 10.5
Respiratory medicine – 12.6 10.4
Rheumatology – 19.9 10.9
Elderly medicine – 8.0 7.6
Gynaecology – 12.8 14.2
Other medical specialties – 7.3 10.7
Other mental health – 11.7 8.4
Other paediatric specialties – 14.6 12.3
All specialties 11.8 (shortest) 12.3 12.2

Median wait in weeks. The shortest in each row is marked in bold; * means fewer than 50 patients waiting, so not compared. Choose a specialty to see a trend chart.