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The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: NHS waiting times

At the end of August 2026, 88,112 people were on the The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust all-services waiting list and about 7 in 10 people (73%) had been waiting less than 18 weeks.

NHS trust · North East · ODS code RTD

People waiting (all services)
88,112
End of August 2026
Under 18 weeks
72.6%
England: 65.2%
Over 52 weeks
722
Services reported
18
with people currently waiting

722 people (0.8%, roughly 1 in 125) had been waiting more than 52 weeks.

Figures are for the whole organisation (trust level), not for an individual hospital site or clinic. The all-services total is the published organisation total, not a sum of the service rows.

Waiting times by service

Each row is one consultant-led service at this organisation, compared with the England figure for the same service in the same month.

Services at The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
ServiceWaitingUnder 18 weeksEnglandOver 52 weeks6-month change
Ophthalmology10,45279%72.2%98-0.1 pp
Ear, nose and throat (ENT)8,78773%56.8%23+0.5 pp
Dermatology8,67966%69.0%2+4.6 pp
Orthopaedics7,74563%60.9%256+4.5 pp
Gynaecology3,95382%59.6%35+2.2 pp
Urology3,16665%64.8%16+0.7 pp
Cardiology2,84276%67.9%53-2.1 pp
Neurology2,17479%62.3%8-9.5 pp
Oral surgery2,16868%53.8%0-3.8 pp
Neurosurgery1,47069%62.0%25-1.5 pp
Plastic surgery1,33569%59.4%5+7.3 pp
Gastroenterology1,02990%69.7%1+1.1 pp
General medicine1,01083%72.3%2+0.7 pp
Respiratory medicine86895%74.1%0+8.1 pp
General surgery84874%63.2%21-5.8 pp
Rheumatology71290%70.4%0+2.1 pp
Elderly medicine22596%84.3%0-0.2 pp
Cardiothoracic surgery9059%73.6%3+2.5 pp

How this has changed

Between July 2025 and August 2026 the share of people waiting at The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust waiting under 18 weeks stayed broadly stable (74% to 73%).

Share waiting under 18 weeks: broadly unchanged over 3 months (73.5% in May 2026); broadly unchanged over 6 months (71.0% in February 2026); broadly unchanged over 12 months (72.7% in August 2025).

Share seen within 18 weeks, month by month

18-week performance broadly stable · -1 points

Percentage of people seen within 18 weeks, over the last 14 published months.

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Percentage seen within 18 weeks by month
MonthWithin 18 weeks
July 202573.6%
August 202572.7%
September 202573.2%
October 202573.5%
November 202572.1%
December 202571.4%
January 202671%
February 202671%
March 202672.5%
April 202672.3%
May 202673.5%
June 202674.6%
July 202673.9%
August 202672.6%

Changes of less than 3 percentage points in the share waiting under 18 weeks are treated as broadly stable. This describes the whole waiting list, not how long any one person waits.

Month-by-month figures
Monthly all-services figures for The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
MonthWaitingUnder 18 weeksOver 52 weeks
July 202588,21173.6%1,275
August 202588,67572.7%1,245
September 202587,66673.2%1,131
October 202589,29473.5%1,012
November 202586,57572.1%966
December 202585,55271.4%893
January 202683,92971.0%930
February 202682,02171.0%777
March 202681,30172.5%579
April 202683,20772.3%616
May 202686,19773.5%693
June 202686,94274.6%703
July 202688,47773.9%743
August 202688,11272.6%722

Diagnostic tests

Tests are measured against a separate six-week standard. Figures for June 2026.

Nearby NHS trusts

Trusts within 25 miles that report waiting figures. Distances are between registered addresses, not travel time.

Waiting times across this area

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  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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