Compare Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, 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 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustCounty Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust England
General surgery 5.6 (shortest) 13.5 12.8
Urology 13.4 – 12.2
Orthopaedics 15.3 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 – 11.0 14.0
Cardiothoracic surgery – 14.0* 9.6
General medicine 12.0* 13.3 10.2
Gastroenterology 5.1 (shortest) 14.7 11.0
Cardiology (heart) 12.5 7.5 (shortest) 11.9
Dermatology (skin) – 15.7 10.5
Respiratory medicine 6.1 (shortest) 12.6 10.4
Rheumatology 10.8 (shortest) 19.9 10.9
Elderly medicine 4.6 (shortest) 8.0 7.6
Gynaecology 14.9 12.8 (shortest) 14.2
Other medical specialties 7.7 7.3 (shortest) 10.7
Other mental health 6.9 (shortest) 11.7 8.4
Other paediatric specialties – 14.6 12.3
Other surgical specialties 11.0* – 11.4
Other services 10.8 – 8.7
All specialties 9.3 (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.