ShortestWait

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust North East and Yorkshire Area: North East and North Cumbria

At the end of August 2026, 35,297 patients were waiting for treatment at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 12.3 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
12.3 weeks
92% waiting less than
37.4 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
65%
Waiting over a year
360

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 1,142 18.7 wks 12.8 wks 46.6 wks 221st of 238
Urology 2,142 11.8 wks 12.2 wks 31.0 wks 105th of 180
Orthopaedics 2,941 14.5 wks 13.9 wks 39.3 wks 203rd of 299
Ear, nose and throat 3,509 13.0 wks 15.4 wks 31.5 wks 61st of 152
Ophthalmology (eyes) 2,344 9.7 wks 10.4 wks 24.4 wks 197th of 301
Oral surgery 945 9.8 wks 16.4 wks 25.1 wks 11th of 112
General medicine 109 11.3 wks 10.2 wks 38.1 wks 48th of 62
Gastroenterology 1,505 13.2 wks 11.0 wks 31.1 wks 142nd of 166
Cardiology (heart) 2,708 15.4 wks 11.9 wks 39.3 wks 109th of 125
Dermatology (skin) 2,013 9.0 wks 10.5 wks 32.2 wks 42nd of 111
Respiratory medicine 702 13.1 wks 10.4 wks 33.4 wks 106th of 120
Neurology 1,308 12.5 wks 13.2 wks 39.9 wks 45th of 87
Rheumatology 1,393 15.9 wks 10.9 wks 38.0 wks 110th of 120
Elderly medicine 217 11.3 wks 7.6 wks 28.2 wks 88th of 96
Gynaecology 3,781 19.6 wks 14.2 wks 49.1 wks 165th of 176
Other medical specialties 1,075 8.7 wks 10.7 wks 27.7 wks 49th of 145
Other paediatric specialties 574 7.7 wks 12.3 wks 22.6 wks 9th of 113
Other surgical specialties 4,959 11.8 wks 11.4 wks 37.8 wks 83rd of 129
Other services 1,930 6.6 wks 8.7 wks 19.0 wks 36th of 119

Rank 1st means the shortest median wait among providers with at least 50 patients waiting in that specialty.

Median wait across all specialties

  • North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 14.3 weeks to 12.3 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202612.3 wks
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MonthNorth Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202612.312.2
July 202612.112
June 202611.911.9
May 202612.712.4
April 202612.311.9
March 20261211.3
February 202614.813.2
January 202615.613.6
December 202515.513.5
November 202515.612.9
October 202515.613.3
September 202515.113.4
August 202516.113.5
July 202515.213.1
June 20251513.4
May 202515.313.6
April 202514.413.3
March 202515.113.9
February 202515.414.2
January 202515.314.5
December 20241514.2
November 202415.014
October 202414.614.2
September 202414.314.4

Where it treats patients

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of figures for all its hospitals, so the waits above cover every site below.

Sites come from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Some clinics a trust runs inside other organisations' hospitals are not listed.

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