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Dermatology waiting times at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

At the end of August 2026, 6,136 people were on the Dermatology at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust waiting list and about 5 in 10 people (55%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust · NHS trust · Dermatology across England

People waiting
6,136
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
54.7%
England: 69%
Over 52 weeks
522
Median wait
16 wks
Published median for this list

522 people (8.5%, roughly 1 in 12) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

This hospital's published position is 14.3 percentage points behind the England figure for this service.

Why this page exists

This page combines facts that neither the organisation page nor the England specialty page shows on its own: the current published figure for this one service at this one organisation; how that figure has moved over the months we hold; the England figure for the same service in the same month; other NHS trusts within 25 miles reporting the same service; the published median wait and 52-week count for this list; the other services this organisation reports. This service accounts for 11.3% of everyone waiting at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

How published 18-week performance has changed

Dermatology, NHS England Referral to Treatment figures, April 2024 to August 2026.

18-week performance deteriorated

Published 18-week performance for Dermatology at this organisation has deteriorated over the past 12 months: 54.7% of people on the waiting list at the end of August 2026 had been waiting under 18 weeks, compared with 62.7% at the end of August 2025.

Share of people on the waiting list who had been waiting under 18 weeks, at the end of each month. Scale runs from 0% to 100%.
Latest · August 2026
54.7%
3 months earlier · May 2026
52.8% then · change to latest +1.9 percentage points
6 months earlier · February 2026
59.4% then · change to latest -4.8 percentage points
12 months earlier · August 2025
62.7% then · change to latest -8 percentage points
Earliest available · April 2024
71.2% then · change to latest -16.5 percentage points
Month-by-month figures
Share waiting under 18 weeks by month
Month endUnder 18 weeksPeople waiting
August 202654.7%6,136
July 202654.8%5,886
June 202652.8%5,566
May 202652.8%5,163
April 202649.2%5,604
March 202661.4%3,562
February 202659.4%3,600
January 202658.3%3,627
December 202557.3%3,605
November 202558%3,566
October 202559.2%3,649
September 202561.7%3,597
August 202562.7%3,574
July 202564.1%3,650
June 202564.4%3,532
May 202568.3%3,560
April 202570.2%3,417
March 202571.8%3,339
February 202569.9%3,424
January 202571%3,417
December 202472%3,556
November 202473.6%3,853
October 202473.8%3,955
September 202473.5%4,116
August 202470.6%4,164
July 202470.8%4,139
June 202471.4%4,141
May 202471.4%4,174
April 202471.2%3,990
How we calculate change
  • Each month's figure is the number of people waiting under 18 weeks divided by everyone on the waiting list, from NHS England's published monthly files.
  • Changes compare the latest month with exactly 3, 6 and 12 months earlier, only where both months are published and the list has at least 50 people.
  • The 12-month label is "improved" or "deteriorated" only if the share moved by 3 percentage points or more; smaller moves are called "broadly stable".
  • Where NHS England reissued a month's file, we use the revised file. Months we do not have are left as gaps and never estimated.
  • Earlier months come from our archive of NHS England's published files and are checked against our current figures wherever both exist.

What these figures cannot tell you

  • These are whole-list figures for one specialty at one organisation. They describe the published waiting list, not how long any one person will wait.
  • This specialty covers many conditions and treatments. These figures are not specific to any one operation or condition.
  • Figures are published for the whole organisation, which may run several hospital sites. They do not show the position at any single site.
  • Patients are prioritised by clinical need, so people on the same list can wait very different times.
  • A higher share within 18 weeks is not a measure of the quality of care.

Other NHS trusts offering dermatology within 25 miles

Published figures only. These are whole-list figures for each organisation in one month; a different organisation's published position does not mean an individual referral would move faster there.

Alternative trusts for Dermatology
TrustDistanceWaitingUnder 18 weeksDifference
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust14.1 mi3,12564%+9.4 pp

What these figures cannot tell you

  • Where you are in a queue, or when you will be seen or treated.
  • How urgent your own referral is. These are aggregate waiting-list figures and do not show the clinical priority of an individual patient.
  • Anything about a specific consultant, clinic or site within a trust.
  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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