ShortestWait

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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

At the end of August 2026, 39,301 patients were waiting for treatment at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 9.7 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
9.7 weeks
92% waiting less than
26.5 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
84%
Waiting over a year
0

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 6,637 8.9 wks 12.8 wks 18.5 wks 63rd of 238
Urology 2,893 9.5 wks 12.2 wks 20.8 wks 50th of 180
Orthopaedics 10,783 12.1 wks 13.9 wks 34.0 wks 141st of 299
Oral surgery 1,584 14.2 wks 16.4 wks 33.2 wks 43rd of 112
Plastic surgery 3,260 9.3 wks 14.0 wks 28.7 wks 26th of 82
General medicine 1,620 6.2 wks 10.2 wks 15.5 wks 23rd of 62
Gastroenterology 1,440 8.1 wks 11.0 wks 16.8 wks 57th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 1,616 7.3 wks 11.9 wks 16.8 wks 13th of 125
Respiratory medicine 2,781 8.6 wks 10.4 wks 17.8 wks 40th of 120
Rheumatology 1,046 10.7 wks 10.9 wks 21.2 wks 73rd of 120
Elderly medicine 590 5.5 wks 7.6 wks 14.4 wks 29th of 96
Gynaecology 3,240 10.6 wks 14.2 wks 32.1 wks 44th of 176
Other mental health 187 4.5 wks 8.4 wks 12.7 wks 1st of 9
Other paediatric specialties 1,274 6.8 wks 12.3 wks 16.2 wks 5th of 113
Other services 350 7.4 wks 8.7 wks 15.9 wks 48th 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

  • Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 10.2 weeks to 9.7 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 20269.7 wks12.2 wks
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MonthNorthumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 20269.712.2
July 2026912
June 20269.111.9
May 20269.712.4
April 20269.511.9
March 20269.111.3
February 20269.713.2
January 20269.913.6
December 20259.913.5
November 20259.312.9
October 20259.313.3
September 20259.713.4
August 202510.013.5
July 20259.513.1
June 20251013.4
May 20259.913.6
April 20251013.3
March 20259.713.9
February 202510.414.2
January 202510.414.5
December 202410.314.2
November 20241014
October 202410.214.2
September 202410.214.4

Where it treats patients

Northumbria Healthcare 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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