Compare South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, Optegra Eye Hospital Newcastle

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.

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Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty	South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust	Optegra Eye Hospital Newcastle	England
General surgery	7.2	–	12.8
Urology	12.3	–	12.2
Orthopaedics	15.6	–	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	9.0	–	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	10.0	7.0 (shortest)	10.4
Oral surgery	11.7	–	16.4
Gastroenterology	4.2	–	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	8.1	–	11.9
Respiratory medicine	9.4	–	10.4
Neurology	9.2	–	13.2
Rheumatology	11.1	–	10.9
Elderly medicine	6.4	–	7.6
Gynaecology	9.6	–	14.2
Other medical specialties	6.1	–	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	11.0	–	12.3
Other surgical specialties	7.1	–	11.4
Other services	3.9	–	8.7
All specialties	9.6	7.0 (shortest)	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.