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Heart and chest surgery at The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Victoria Infirmary cardiothoracic surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 6 to 38 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 14 weeks and 9 in 10 under 48 weeks. 60% 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

Cardiothoracic surgery 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 20246.322.36.0
October 20246.9
November 202410.2
December 20249.3
January 20258.8
February 202510.9
March 202510.0
April 20257.9
May 20258.0
June 20258.0
July 202512.1
August 202514.1
September 202516.1
October 202511.1
November 20257.531.215.3
December 202515.1
January 202615.4
February 202615.5
March 20265.033.417.6
April 202619.0
May 202617.6
June 202614.550.720.0
July 20263.553.414.0
August 20266.038.513.8

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

This page as JSON. Cardiothoracic surgery waiting times at every hospital in England.

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