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Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital trauma and orthopaedics waiting times: most people treated waited 17 to 42 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 12 weeks and 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 71% are within 18 weeks.

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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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17 to 42weeks

Half seen within 17 weeks, 9 in 10 within 42 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 1,521 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 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 202418.645.711.9
October 202418.145.012.6
November 202417.345.212.3
December 202416.344.512.2
January 202518.748.012.1
February 202518.245.012.2
March 202518.246.211.4
April 202519.044.411.8
May 202517.544.312.1
June 202518.043.412.3
July 202518.243.411.5
August 202517.844.011.5
September 202516.141.911.4
October 202517.246.211.7
November 202517.446.111.8
December 202516.645.212.3
January 202617.746.912.8
February 202620.345.512.7
March 202620.547.111.8
April 202619.846.912.7
May 202618.444.812.5
June 202618.846.011.7
July 202618.345.211.2
August 202617.141.912.1

Faster options within 25 miles

Has A&E

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 24.3 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, 6.1 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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