ShortestWait

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

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

At the end of August 2026, 11,753 patients were waiting for treatment at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 9.3 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
9.3 weeks
92% waiting less than
30.4 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
75%
Waiting over a year
8

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 2,439 5.6 wks 12.8 wks 19.1 wks 11th of 238
Urology 729 13.4 wks 12.2 wks 37.1 wks 136th of 180
Orthopaedics 1,826 15.3 wks 13.9 wks 37.6 wks 219th of 299
General medicine 14 12.0 wks 10.2 wks 15.9 wks under 50 waiting
Gastroenterology 838 5.1 wks 11.0 wks 14.6 wks 19th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 701 12.5 wks 11.9 wks 28.7 wks 84th of 125
Respiratory medicine 262 6.1 wks 10.4 wks 25.0 wks 10th of 120
Rheumatology 371 10.8 wks 10.9 wks 23.8 wks 76th of 120
Elderly medicine 191 4.6 wks 7.6 wks 14.9 wks 15th of 96
Gynaecology 2,208 14.9 wks 14.2 wks 33.1 wks 121st of 176
Other medical specialties 1,245 7.7 wks 10.7 wks 19.5 wks 29th of 145
Other mental health 162 6.9 wks 8.4 wks 19.0 wks 4th of 9
Other surgical specialties 20 11.0 wks 11.4 wks 32.4 wks under 50 waiting
Other services 747 10.8 wks 8.7 wks 37.2 wks 79th 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

  • Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 11 weeks to 9.3 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 20269.3 wks12.2 wks
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MonthGateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 20269.312.2
July 20268.312
June 20268.211.9
May 20268.812.4
April 20269.111.9
March 20268.611.3
February 202610.413.2
January 202610.613.6
December 202511.113.5
November 202510.512.9
October 202511.513.3
September 202511.413.4
August 202510.913.5
July 202510.613.1
June 202511.313.4
May 202511.513.6
April 202510.813.3
March 20259.913.9
February 202510.614.2
January 202510.614.5
December 202410.614.2
November 202410.114
October 202410.914.2
September 20241114.4

Where it treats patients

Gateshead Health 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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