Compare The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle Newmedica Ltd

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	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Newcastle Newmedica Ltd	England
General surgery	10.9	–	12.8
Urology	11.3	–	12.2
Orthopaedics	12.4	–	13.9
Ear, nose and throat	11.2	–	15.4
Ophthalmology (eyes)	9.2	6.1 (shortest)	10.4
Oral surgery	12.4	–	16.4
Neurosurgery	11.4	–	13.4
Plastic surgery	10.0	–	14.0
Cardiothoracic surgery	14.0	–	9.6
General medicine	8.2	–	10.2
Gastroenterology	7.6	–	11.0
Cardiology (heart)	10.5	–	11.9
Dermatology (skin)	11.5	–	10.5
Respiratory medicine	4.6	–	10.4
Neurology	9.3	–	13.2
Rheumatology	7.6	–	10.9
Elderly medicine	5.2	–	7.6
Gynaecology	9.2	–	14.2
Other medical specialties	8.7	–	10.7
Other paediatric specialties	9.9	–	12.3
Other surgical specialties	12.9	–	11.4
Other services	7.5	–	8.7
All specialties	10.3	6.1 (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.