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Queen Elizabeth trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 17 to 49 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 15 weeks and 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 59% are within 18 weeks.

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Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

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17 to 49weeks

Half seen within 17 weeks, 9 in 10 within 49 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 15 weeks, 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 181 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 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
03570September 2024August 2026

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 202416.556.618.0
October 202413.353.818.9
November 202417.259.618.3
December 202420.060.718.2
January 202518.462.017.3
February 202517.258.917.4
March 202517.257.517.5
April 202511.050.016.5
May 202514.552.517.2
June 202517.050.116.7
July 202517.550.015.1
August 202520.051.815.3
September 202518.056.116.4
October 202520.057.316.2
November 202520.052.514.3
December 202516.350.715.8
January 202616.848.015.8
February 202616.246.115.6
March 202616.049.613.1
April 202617.350.214.0
May 202616.149.314.2
June 202616.749.614.0
July 202617.746.614.2
August 202617.448.915.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Has A&E

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 21.6 miles away

2 to 21weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 21 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 22 weeks. 3,304 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Nuffield Health, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital

Independent hospital, 3.4 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.

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

This page as JSON. Trauma and orthopaedics waiting times at every hospital in England.

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