University Hospital of North Tees
Address and phone number
- Address
- Hardwick Road, Stockton On Tees, TS19 8PE
- Phone
- 01642 617617 (North Tees and Hartlepool 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
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including University Hospital of North Tees. At the end of August 2026, half of its 24,063 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 11.1 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 14.5 wks | 2,592 |
| Urology | 10.9 wks | 2,097 |
| Orthopaedics | 8.0 wks | 7,078 |
| General medicine | 6.2 wks | 284 |
| Gastroenterology | 10.7 wks | 1,273 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 7.9 wks | 668 |
| Respiratory medicine | 12.8 wks | 743 |
| Rheumatology | 10.7 wks | 619 |
| Elderly medicine | 8.4 wks | 179 |
| Gynaecology | 17.1 wks | 3,084 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 19.4 wks | 1,858 |
| Other surgical specialties | 4.0 wks | 1,484 |
| Other services | 14.9 wks | 2,104 |
More about waiting times at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
University Hospital of North Tees: Requires improvement. Published 16 September 2022. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 16 September 2022.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 81.0% of the 16,342 people who went to A&E at North Tees and Hartlepool 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 |
|---|---|---|
| The James Cook University HospitalSouth Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 5.7 miles | 12.2 wks |
| Darlington Memorial HospitalCounty Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust | 9.4 miles | 12.3 wks |
| Durham Diagnostics and Treatment CentreSouth Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | 16.2 miles | 9.6 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 North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
- One Life Centre, Hartlepool
- University Hospital of Hartlepool, Hartlepool