General surgery at Spire Washington Hospital

Spire Washington Hospital general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 17 to 42 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 76% are within 18 weeks.

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Spire Washington Hospital

Independent hospital

17 to 42weeks

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

Waiting now: half have waited under 11 weeks, 9 in 10 under 24 weeks. 50 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 Spire Washington Hospital, 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 20245.315.57.3
October 20247.522.74.4
November 20246.323.05.5
December 20246.839.99.3
January 20258.820.010.3
February 20256.320.37.1
March 20252.622.68.7
April 202510.530.27.2
May 20252.721.97.3
June 20255.618.86.0
July 20254.826.05.3
August 20259.029.14.6
September 20254.818.86.6
October 20257.622.28.2
November 20258.526.25.1
December 20258.535.37.0
January 20269.928.110.2
February 202613.026.312.4
March 202617.035.87.9
April 202616.337.69.8
May 202616.329.96.4
June 202620.031.89.9
July 202616.833.89.2
August 202617.042.011.3

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
4 to 27weeks

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.

Has A&E

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 4.2 miles away

7 to 17weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 918 people treated in the month.

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

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