The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
North-east teaching trust spanning the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital.
RTT 18-week
74.6%
Far below standard
Waiting list
86,942
incomplete pathways across 22 specialties
Waiting 52+ weeks
703
Low 52+ burden
CQC rating
Requires improvement
Published 2024-01-24
The wait picture
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals ranks 85 of 266 English NHS providers with waiting lists above 1,000 on the 18-week RTT standard (74.6% within standard; 86,942 incomplete pathways). Longest published specialty median here: Trauma and Orthopaedic at 13 weeks.
- 74.6%
- Incomplete pathways within 18 weeks
- 86,942
- Incomplete pathways on the list
- 13 wks
- Longest specialty median (Trauma and Orthopaedic)
- 703
- Patients waiting 52+ weeks
Ranked on NHS England's RTT-June-2026 incomplete-pathway return against every English provider with a list above 1,000 (not only the trusts PlainNHS profiles). Specialty charts use rows with ≥100 incomplete pathways.
Care Quality Commission · The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals
Caring rated Good; Safe rated Requires improvement
On CQC's file, The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals's strongest published key question is Caring (Good); the weakest is Safe (Requires improvement), dated 2024-01-24. Overall is Requires improvement. These are inspection findings, not a forecast of any individual wait. How to read CQC bands. CQC provider page.
- Safe
- Effective
- Caring
- Responsive
- Well-led
Published performance context
How this profile sits in the published data
PlainNHS converts the measures below into percentiles within the named comparison groups, then combines them into a transparent context score. It is not a clinical-quality rating, a referral recommendation, or a prediction of an individual wait. The official source values remain the decision-relevant record.
58/100 context score. Weights automatically redistribute when a source value is unavailable.
- 18-week standard: 68th percentile (50% weight)
74.6% of incomplete pathways were within 18 weeks. 266 English providers with 1,000+ incomplete pathways. Source: NHS England RTT incomplete-pathway return. - 52-week burden: 43rd percentile (30% weight)
8.1 patients waiting 52+ weeks per 1,000 incomplete pathways. 266 English providers with 1,000+ incomplete pathways. Source: NHS England RTT incomplete-pathway return. - Published CQC band: 56th percentile (20% weight)
CQC overall rating: Requires improvement. 10 profiled English trusts with a matched CQC overall rating. Source: Care Quality Commission published provider rating.
A percentile describes this publication's comparison group, not care quality or likely treatment timing. CQC inspection bands and RTT operational data measure different things and should be read separately as well as together.
NHS England RTT incomplete return
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals incomplete-pathway return June 2026 · provider×specialty
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals · 74.6% within 18w · #85/266 · 86,942 incomplete
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals line from NHS England's consultant-led incomplete-pathway return (RTT-June-2026), compared with nearest within-18-week peers outside North East. How RTT works → · Compare two trusts →
Specialty median waits at The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals
Sorted ascending. Incomplete pathways with ≥100 patients from NHS England's consultant-led RTT return (RTT-June-2026). Showing the four shortest and twelve longest of 21 published specialties.
Share within 18 weeks by specialty
Sorted descending. Same specialty set as the median chart; useful when comparing queues inside this trust.
Waiting times by specialty
Incomplete pathways from NHS England's consultant-led RTT provider return. Longest published median on this trust: Trauma and Orthopaedic Service (13 weeks). RTT is reported by treatment function (specialty), not by individual operation - a hernia repair sits inside General Surgery, not as its own row.
| Specialty | Median wait | 92nd percentile | Within 18 weeks | Waiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elderly Medicine Service | 5 wks | 15 wks | 98.2% | 218 |
| Respiratory Medicine Service | 6 wks | 17 wks | 94% | 830 |
| Gastroenterology Service | 7 wks | 21 wks | 90.2% | 952 |
| Ophthalmology Service | 8 wks | 31 wks | 81.3% | 9,778 |
| Rheumatology Service | 8 wks | 18 wks | 92.6% | 742 |
| Gynaecology Service | 8 wks | 21 wks | 87.9% | 3,648 |
| General Internal Medicine Service | 9 wks | 25 wks | 84.3% | 921 |
| Neurology Service | 9 wks | 24 wks | 85.1% | 2,007 |
| Other - Medical Services | 9 wks | 29 wks | 79.4% | 9,652 |
| Other - Paediatric Services | 9 wks | 30 wks | 75.6% | 8,158 |
| Other - Other Services | 9 wks | 37 wks | 78.6% | 2,363 |
| General Surgery Service | 10 wks | 35 wks | 73.9% | 945 |
| Ear Nose and Throat Service | 10 wks | 29 wks | 78.9% | 8,706 |
| Urology Service | 11 wks | 38 wks | 65.8% | 3,230 |
| Neurosurgical Service | 11 wks | 38 wks | 71.4% | 1,355 |
| Cardiology Service | 11 wks | 33 wks | 76.7% | 2,799 |
| Dermatology Service | 11 wks | 36 wks | 68.5% | 8,657 |
| Oral Surgery Service | 12 wks | 28 wks | 71.9% | 2,422 |
| Other - Surgical Services | 12 wks | 39 wks | 65.9% | 10,196 |
| Trauma and Orthopaedic Service | 13 wks | 45 wks | 62.4% | 7,773 |
| Plastic Surgery Service | 13 wks | 40 wks | 62.7% | 1,497 |
Source: NHS England Referral-to-Treatment (RTT) waiting times, RTT-June-2026. Specialties with fewer than 100 incomplete pathways are omitted. View source
Diagnostic test waiting times
NHS England's monthly Diagnostic Waiting Times and Activity (DM01) return for The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals, by test type. This tracks scans and investigations, separate from the specialty treatment waits above.
| Test | Median wait | Within 6 weeks | Over 13 weeks | Waiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echocardiography | 6 wks | 54% | 226 | 2,870 |
| Sleep Studies | 6 wks | 54.8% | 10 | 42 |
| Colonoscopy | 5 wks | 63.8% | 39 | 541 |
| Flexi Sigmoidoscopy | 5 wks | 62.2% | 23 | 259 |
| DEXA Scan | 4 wks | 79% | 32 | 696 |
| Gastroscopy | 4 wks | 65.4% | 71 | 613 |
| MRI | 4 wks | 76.7% | 131 | 3,950 |
| Urodynamics | 4 wks | 80.4% | 8 | 51 |
| Audiology Assessments | 3 wks | 87.8% | 16 | 1,197 |
| Cystoscopy | 3 wks | 88% | 7 | 251 |
| Electrophysiology | 3 wks | 84% | 3 | 25 |
| Non Obstetric Ultrasound | 3 wks | 91.4% | 12 | 4,678 |
| Peripheral Neurophys | 3 wks | 98.4% | 1 | 190 |
| CT | 2 wks | 94.6% | 37 | 2,319 |
Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times and Activity (DM01), DM01-MAY-2026. Tests with fewer than 20 patients waiting are omitted. View source
Trusts with a similar RTT profile
Other English trusts with a within-18-week share within 2.5 percentage points of The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals's 74.6%, ranked by closeness, outside North East.
Trusts moving similarly this month
Peers whose within-18-week share moved in the same direction by a similar amount between RTT-May-2026 and RTT-June-2026. The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals's change: +1.1 pp.
Longest mapped procedure waits at this trust
Procedure pages joined to this trust's slowest RTT treatment functions on file. Use them to compare national medians and per-trust tables.
- Hip Replacement (13 wks median at this trust)
- Knee Replacement (13 wks median at this trust)
- Hernia Repair (10 wks median at this trust)
- Varicose Vein Treatment (10 wks median at this trust)
What to do next
Use The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals's published RTT return before you chase a clinical answer.
- The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals reported 74.6% of incomplete pathways within 18 weeks (86,942 waiting across 22 specialties on the June 2026 return). Compare with another trust
- Longest median wait at this trust on file: Hip Replacement (13 weeks). Open procedure profile
- Read how the 18-week clock and incomplete-pathway counts are defined in NHS England’s monthly release. RTT guide
Published operational data only, not medical advice. Contact your GP, NHS 111, or the treating trust for clinical decisions.
Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times · RTT-June-2026 CQC overall + five key-question ratings matched from the Care Quality Commission published provider file (cqc_provider_ratings).
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PlainNHS trust pages are rendered directly from NHS England RTT provider returns and matched CQC overall ratings, no number is typed in by an editor. Specialty waits and within-18-week shares for The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust come from the live provider×specialty return on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of RTT-June-2026. Figures here are for context and comparison; clinical pathway decisions belong with your GP, NHS 111, or the treating Trust.