ShortestWait

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

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

At the end of August 2026, 24,063 patients were waiting for treatment at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. Half had waited less than 11.1 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Median wait
11.1 weeks
92% waiting less than
34.7 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
70%
Waiting over a year
225

Waiting times by specialty

Specialty Waiting Median wait England median 92% within Rank in England
General surgery 2,592 14.5 wks 12.8 wks 39.6 wks 185th of 238
Urology 2,097 10.9 wks 12.2 wks 37.5 wks 81st of 180
Orthopaedics 7,078 8.0 wks 13.9 wks 22.3 wks 41st of 299
General medicine 284 6.2 wks 10.2 wks 16.1 wks 25th of 62
Gastroenterology 1,273 10.7 wks 11.0 wks 25.1 wks 107th of 166
Cardiology (heart) 668 7.9 wks 11.9 wks 27.1 wks 18th of 125
Respiratory medicine 743 12.8 wks 10.4 wks 39.5 wks 103rd of 120
Rheumatology 619 10.7 wks 10.9 wks 22.0 wks 71st of 120
Elderly medicine 179 8.4 wks 7.6 wks 18.6 wks 69th of 96
Gynaecology 3,084 17.1 wks 14.2 wks 43.3 wks 151st of 176
Other paediatric specialties 1,858 19.4 wks 12.3 wks 37.6 wks 109th of 113
Other surgical specialties 1,484 4.0 wks 11.4 wks 35.2 wks 6th of 129
Other services 2,104 14.9 wks 8.7 wks 40.7 wks 102nd 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 Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
  • England
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait rose from 9.8 weeks to 11.1 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.05101520Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 202611.1 wks
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MonthNorth Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustEngland
August 202611.112.2
July 202610.512
June 202610.511.9
May 202610.412.4
April 20269.811.9
March 20269.811.3
February 202611.113.2
January 202611.413.6
December 202510.713.5
November 20259.512.9
October 20259.513.3
September 20259.713.4
August 202510.113.5
July 20259.313.1
June 20259.713.4
May 20259.613.6
April 20259.213.3
March 20258.413.9
February 20258.914.2
January 20259.414.5
December 20249.914.2
November 20249.814
October 20249.714.2
September 20249.814.4

Where it treats patients

North Tees and Hartlepool 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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