Stomach and bowel at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Queen Elizabeth gastroenterology waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 22 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 5 weeks and 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 96% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 22 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 5 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 146 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

Gastroenterology at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, 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 202414.736.68.3
October 202413.035.67.6
November 20249.433.17.7
December 202414.033.58.2
January 20259.330.57.7
February 20257.734.47.0
March 202513.030.97.4
April 202511.330.88.4
May 202510.729.99.2
June 202510.230.27.4
July 20256.830.58.6
August 20254.132.88.9
September 20258.634.28.4
October 20257.335.99.2
November 202511.437.69.6
December 20258.839.79.2
January 202612.436.06.4
February 202611.038.86.3
March 20269.333.24.9
April 20267.331.86.1
May 20267.533.34.8
June 20267.326.74.3
July 20266.523.94.7
August 20265.722.35.1

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
2 to 13weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 13 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 13 weeks. 903 people treated in the month.

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Cobalt Hospital

Independent hospital, 6.5 miles away

6 to 14weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 14 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 56 people treated in the month.

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6 to 19weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 186 people treated in the month.

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

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