Stomach and bowel at The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Victoria Infirmary gastroenterology waiting times: most people treated waited 15 to 28 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 90% 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

Gastroenterology 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 202410.535.210.2
October 20246.929.411.5
November 20246.229.812.7
December 20246.331.811.2
January 20258.733.611.4
February 20258.333.910.7
March 20256.228.77.3
April 20254.420.97.4
May 202510.729.57.9
June 20259.134.38.0
July 202511.425.86.8
August 202510.826.67.5
September 202513.125.77.6
October 202511.528.96.9
November 202513.630.36.8
December 202512.934.58.2
January 202613.228.88.4
February 202612.627.57.1
March 202612.928.86.4
April 202611.226.67.0
May 202611.027.97.0
June 202613.927.66.6
July 202613.029.66.3
August 202614.628.27.6

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
2 to 13weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 13 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 13 weeks. 903 people treated in the month.

Free on the NHS

Cobalt Hospital

Independent hospital, 3.6 miles away

6 to 14weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 14 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 7 weeks, 9 in 10 under 25 weeks. 56 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
6 to 19weeks

Half seen within 6 weeks, 9 in 10 within 19 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 17 weeks. 186 people treated in the month.

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

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