Seen Sooner

Waiting times/Other: Medical Services/Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Other: Medical Services waiting times at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

6week median wait · June 2026

Half of the 1,263 people on the other: medical services list here have been waiting longer than 6 weeks, half less. That is 1 week shorter than a year ago. It is about 4 weeks shorter than the England average for this specialty.

94%

seen within 18 weeks
(the standard is 92%)

17

weeks for the slowest 8% of the queue

18 / 146

shortest wait in England for this specialty

Which way it’s moving

1 week shorter than a year ago.

Median wait each month, 13 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 — 5% of this queue is already past it.

Treating sooner nearby

No comparable provider within 75 miles is reporting a meaningfully shorter wait for other: medical services. That is worth knowing too — on these figures you are already somewhere near the front of the queue.

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Straight answers

About this figure

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.