Trauma and Orthopaedic waiting times at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust (June 2026)

14week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 1,682 people on the trauma and orthopaedic list here have been waiting longer than 14 weeks, half less. That is 3 weeks shorter than a year ago.

60%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

188 / 301

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

3 weeks shorter than a year ago.

2 weeks of those came off in the last six months alone.

Median wait each month, 18 months to June 2026.

How the queue is spread

How the queue is spread, in four-week bands. The rule marks the 18-week standard. 35% of this queue is already past it.

Treating sooner nearby

Comparable providers within 75 miles reporting a shorter wait. You have a legal right to ask for any of them.

Provider	Miles	Median	Sooner by
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Hartlepool	27 miles	8 wks	6 wks
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington	35 miles	9 wks	5 wks
Tyneside Surgical Services Ltd Gateshead	2 miles	9 wks	5 wks
Woodlands Hospital Darlington	36 miles	9 wks	5 wks
Tees Valley Hospital Middlesbrough	38 miles	10 wks	4 wks

Other waits here

The same right to choose applies to every one of these. Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust reports 6 other specialties in the June 2026 figures.

Specialty	Waiting	Median
General Surgery	2,299	5 wks
Gynaecology	2,098	12 wks
Other: Medical Services	1,263	6 wks
Gastroenterology	807	4 wks
Cardiology	757	12 wks
Urology	736	12 wks

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Straight answers

About this figure

It’s about six weeks behind. NHS England publishes monthly, with a lag. This page shows June 2026.
It’s a trust-level average, not your wait. Your own wait depends on urgency, clinical need and which site you are treated at. Large trusts run several hospitals.
It counts people still waiting (incomplete pathways at month end), not people already treated.

This page presents official statistics and points to a right you already have. It isn’t medical advice, and it can’t tell you whether switching is right for you. Your clinician can.