Waiting times by location
NHS waiting times in North East
8 NHS trusts in the North East NHS region reported referral-to-treatment figures for June 2026.
- NHS trusts with data
- 8
- People waiting (combined)
- 331,906
- Sum of published trust totals
- Best-performing trust
- 98.7%
- share under 18 weeks
- Lowest
- 65.5%
- share under 18 weeks
Trusts compared
Trusts whose registered region is this NHS region, listed alphabetically. Regions are NHS England administrative areas, so a trust near a boundary may serve people across it. All-services figures hide large differences between individual services, so open a trust to see service-level figures.
| Trust | Waiting | Under 18 weeks | Over 52 weeks | Tests over 6 wks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust | 53,479 | 65% | 943 | 18.0% |
| Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust | 154 | 99% | 0 | — |
| Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust | 11,492 | 78% | 2 | 7.3% |
| North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust | 23,080 | 72% | 230 | 2.2% |
| Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | 39,619 | 84% | 0 | 0.3% |
| South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 57,203 | 67% | 707 | 15.9% |
| South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | 59,937 | 77% | 0 | 21.6% |
| The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 86,942 | 75% | 703 | 20.4% |
A further 20 NHS-funded independent-sector and other providers in this area are not listed because their case mix makes direct comparison misleading.
Services where local trusts differ most
Gap in the share waiting under 18 weeks between the highest and lowest trust here, for services with at least 200 people waiting.
Rheumatology · 7 trusts · England 70.8%
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 92.6% — County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust: 48.2% (gap 44.4 pp)
Gastroenterology · 7 trusts · England 69.3%
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: 97.4% — County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust: 61.5% (gap 35.9 pp)
Gynaecology · 7 trusts · England 61.0%
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 87.9% — North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust: 53.9% (gap 33.9 pp)
General medicine · 4 trusts · England 71.4%
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: 100.0% — County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust: 66.9% (gap 33.1 pp)
General surgery · 7 trusts · England 63.0%
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: 92.5% — North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust: 59.5% (gap 33 pp)
Respiratory medicine · 7 trusts · England 74.8%
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: 95.3% — County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust: 64.0% (gap 31.3 pp)
Neurology · 3 trusts · England 61.7%
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust: 85.9% — South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 54.8% (gap 31.2 pp)
Orthopaedics · 7 trusts · England 60.6%
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust: 85.9% — South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust: 58.1% (gap 27.8 pp)
Distance is not travel time
Distances are straight-line between registered addresses and city centres. Trusts often run several hospital sites, so the site you would attend may be closer or further.
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.
Related guides on this site
- NHS patient choice explained
Background on the legal basis of NHS patient choice.
- How to switch hospitals for faster NHS treatment
Reference article on how hospital switching works within the NHS.
- Work out how long you've waited
Explains how the 18-week measure is counted and what a published percentage represents.
- Your rights while you wait
Reference article on what the 18-week standard is and is not.