Heart at The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Victoria Infirmary cardiology waiting times: most people treated waited 13 to 42 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 34 weeks. 76% are within 18 weeks.

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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

Cardiology at The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals 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 20249.931.27.7
October 202410.234.16.9
November 20249.832.98.2
December 202411.733.19.1
January 202513.733.29.1
February 202511.831.99.2
March 202512.129.68.7
April 202512.934.98.8
May 202511.832.59.5
June 202512.933.18.2
July 202512.335.28.1
August 202512.335.68.6
September 202513.134.68.5
October 202512.132.57.6
November 202512.443.78.7
December 202512.237.99.4
January 202613.137.410.1
February 202614.431.410.3
March 202612.836.39.0
April 202612.737.49.5
May 202611.336.110.1
June 202613.440.010.0
July 202612.241.39.9
August 202612.842.410.5

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
3 to 17weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 307 people treated in the month.

Has A&E

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust, 4.4 miles away

11 to 36weeks

Half seen within 11 weeks, 9 in 10 within 36 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 12 weeks, 9 in 10 under 29 weeks. 169 people treated in the month.

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

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