Compare Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, Woodlands Hospital

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.

First provider Second provider Third provider (optional) Specialty

Median wait by specialty

Median waits by specialty compared
Specialty	Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust	Woodlands Hospital	England
General surgery	5.6 (shortest)	9.0	12.8
Urology	13.4	9.3 (shortest)	12.2
Orthopaedics	15.3	9.6 (shortest)	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	–	10.7	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	–	8.4	10.4
General medicine	12.0*	–	10.2
Gastroenterology	5.1 (shortest)	8.6	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	12.5	–	11.9
Respiratory medicine	6.1	–	10.4
Rheumatology	10.8	–	10.9
Elderly medicine	4.6	–	7.6
Gynaecology	14.9	10.6 (shortest)	14.2
Other medical specialties	7.7	–	10.7
Other mental health	6.9	–	8.4
Other surgical specialties	11.0*	–	11.4
Other services	10.8	7.0 (shortest)	8.7
All specialties	9.3 (shortest)	9.4	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.