General surgery at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 4 to 27 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 9 weeks and 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 91% are within 18 weeks.

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Half seen within 4 weeks, 9 in 10 within 27 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 1,106 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

General surgery 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 20249.433.99.4
October 20248.834.28.9
November 20247.132.69.4
December 20246.933.39.9
January 20258.637.09.5
February 20258.235.78.2
March 20256.834.38.7
April 20258.637.19.1
May 202513.537.99.0
June 20258.035.79.4
July 20257.134.38.7
August 20256.531.19.4
September 20256.630.49.3
October 20256.730.98.7
November 20256.829.78.7
December 20255.228.39.0
January 20267.333.68.9
February 20268.933.18.0
March 20267.033.68.2
April 20266.330.88.5
May 20267.030.38.9
June 20266.429.18.6
July 20265.328.48.2
August 20264.426.78.9

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

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