Wansbeck General Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Woodhorn Lane, Ashington, NE63 9JJ
- Phone
- 0344 811 8111 (Northumbria Healthcare 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
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Wansbeck General Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 39,301 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 9.7 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 8.9 wks | 6,637 |
| Urology | 9.5 wks | 2,893 |
| Orthopaedics | 12.1 wks | 10,783 |
| Oral surgery | 14.2 wks | 1,584 |
| Plastic surgery | 9.3 wks | 3,260 |
| General medicine | 6.2 wks | 1,620 |
| Gastroenterology | 8.1 wks | 1,440 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 7.3 wks | 1,616 |
| Respiratory medicine | 8.6 wks | 2,781 |
| Rheumatology | 10.7 wks | 1,046 |
| Elderly medicine | 5.5 wks | 590 |
| Gynaecology | 10.6 wks | 3,240 |
| Other mental health | 4.5 wks | 187 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 6.8 wks | 1,274 |
| Other services | 7.4 wks | 350 |
More about waiting times at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Wansbeck General Hospital: Outstanding. Published 5 May 2016. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust overall: Outstanding. Published 16 October 2019.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 90.8% of the 25,374 people who went to A&E at Northumbria Healthcare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Freeman HospitalThe Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 12.7 miles | 10.3 wks |
| South Tyneside District HospitalSouth Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | 15.4 miles | 9.6 wks |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital, GatesheadGateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust | 17.0 miles | 9.3 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.
Other hospitals run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Alnwick Infirmary, Alnwick
- Berwick Infirmary, Berwick Upon Tweed
- Hexham General Hospital, Hexham
- North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields
- Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Cramlington