Bones, joints and muscles at Cobalt Hospital

Cobalt Hospital trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 22 to 50 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 13 weeks and 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 64% are within 18 weeks.

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Cobalt Hospital

Independent hospital

22 to 50weeks

Half seen within 22 weeks, 9 in 10 within 50 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 13 weeks, 9 in 10 under 41 weeks. 55 people treated in the month.

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Based on the waiting-now figures for August 2026. Not a prediction of your own wait: urgency decides who is seen first.

How the wait has changed

Trauma and orthopaedics at Cobalt Hospital, 24 months to August 2026
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Shaded band: half to 9 in 10 of people treated that month. Line: the median wait of people still waiting. Weeks on the left.

The numbers behind the chart
MonthTreated, half withinTreated, 9 in 10 withinWaiting now, half within
September 202416.651.412.1
October 202413.551.713.5
November 202418.565.712.4
December 202418.568.012.4
January 202517.054.013.4
February 202516.066.612.8
March 202522.376.811.2
April 202521.151.212.3
May 202517.833.212.6
June 202521.035.413.0
July 202522.137.012.3
August 202520.835.313.5
September 202523.035.514.2
October 202523.048.414.5
November 202519.355.312.6
December 202524.348.014.0
January 202626.838.414.4
February 202623.947.714.9
March 202622.049.116.3
April 202622.044.616.2
May 202625.346.213.7
June 202620.547.813.4
July 202619.543.212.8
August 202621.549.613.1

Faster options within 25 miles

Free on the NHS

Nuffield Health, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital

Independent hospital, 4.6 miles away

11 to 29weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 29 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 16 weeks, 9 in 10 under 47 weeks. 98 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Tyneside Surgical Services Ltd

Independent provider, 7.5 miles away

11 to 33weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 33 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 10 weeks, 9 in 10 under 26 weeks. 189 people treated in the month.

NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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