General surgery at The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Victoria Infirmary general surgery waiting times: most people treated waited 11 to 42 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 11 weeks and 9 in 10 under 37 weeks. 74% 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

General 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 20245.142.010.0
October 20247.140.08.7
November 20245.252.88.5
December 20243.832.69.4
January 20258.037.69.5
February 20259.158.510.3
March 20257.052.88.8
April 20256.947.09.4
May 20255.951.59.7
June 20256.844.16.8
July 20252.924.76.3
August 20252.438.58.1
September 20256.236.39.5
October 20257.139.09.3
November 20255.735.47.8
December 20252.420.28.2
January 20266.030.18.7
February 20265.955.68.3
March 20263.624.99.1
April 20263.624.910.5
May 20264.157.310.1
June 20268.632.09.8
July 202612.546.69.1
August 202610.742.210.9

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, 4.4 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.

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

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