Stomach and bowel at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital gastroenterology waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 19 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 97% are within 18 weeks.

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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.

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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 Northumbria Healthcare 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 20247.521.58.6
October 20245.318.58.0
November 20246.624.98.1
December 20245.920.28.7
January 20257.421.59.1
February 20255.027.98.4
March 20255.923.87.8
April 20256.224.38.2
May 20256.620.48.3
June 20256.322.68.4
July 20257.221.18.1
August 20257.222.68.6
September 20256.722.97.8
October 20257.724.57.6
November 20256.521.87.7
December 20255.118.68.5
January 20266.016.48.2
February 20266.420.07.0
March 20266.020.57.8
April 20266.619.88.3
May 20267.020.98.3
June 20266.918.57.6
July 20266.019.18.3
August 20265.718.98.2

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, 1.7 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.

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

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