Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead
Address and phone number
- Address
- Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Sherriff Hill, Gateshead, NE9 6SX
- Phone
- 0191 482 0000 (Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust switchboard)
Address from the Care Quality Commission; phone number from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Visiting times and parking differ between wards, so check with the hospital before you travel.
Waiting times
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead. At the end of August 2026, half of its 11,753 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 9.3 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 5.6 wks | 2,439 |
| Urology | 13.4 wks | 729 |
| Orthopaedics | 15.3 wks | 1,826 |
| General medicine | 12.0 wks | 14 |
| Gastroenterology | 5.1 wks | 838 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 12.5 wks | 701 |
| Respiratory medicine | 6.1 wks | 262 |
| Rheumatology | 10.8 wks | 371 |
| Elderly medicine | 4.6 wks | 191 |
| Gynaecology | 14.9 wks | 2,208 |
| Other medical specialties | 7.7 wks | 1,245 |
| Other mental health | 6.9 wks | 162 |
| Other surgical specialties | 11.0 wks | 20 |
| Other services | 10.8 wks | 747 |
More about waiting times at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead: Good. Published 29 June 2023. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust overall: Good. Published 14 August 2019.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 77.2% of the 10,296 people who went to A&E at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust's departments were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. NHS England publishes this for the trust as a whole. A&E figures over the past year
In an emergency call 999. For urgent help that is not an emergency, use NHS 111 (opens in a new tab).
Other NHS hospitals nearby
You can usually choose where to have planned NHS treatment. Hospitals run by other trusts, with each trust's median wait across all specialties:
| Hospital | Distance | Trust median wait |
|---|---|---|
| Dental HospitalThe Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 3.4 miles | 10.3 wks |
| South Tyneside District HospitalSouth Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | 6.4 miles | 9.6 wks |
| North Tyneside General HospitalNorthumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | 7.4 miles | 9.7 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.