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Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Gateshead, NE9 6SX · Compare with another trust

At a glance

Whether this trust meets each official NHS operational standard — not a combined score or ranking.

Waiting times
Below NHS standard
78.2% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
80.1% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
60.1% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
7.3% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
As expected
Screening indicator, not a death rate — a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust saw 10,511 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 80.1% of patients treated within four hours. In June 2026, the median waiting time for treatment was 8.2 weeks, and 78.2% of patients were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Staff survey results from 2025 showed that 64.2% of employees would recommend the trust to friends or relatives.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 18 August 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries

Hospitals run by this trust

Trust performance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
78.2%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 9.9 pts vs yr agoBetter than 85% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
8.2 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 3.1 wks vs yr agoBetter than 89% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
11,492
National median: 39,587
▼ 1,710 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
2
National median: 358.5
▼ 16 vs yr agoBetter than 86% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
80.1%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 2.2 pts vs yr agoBetter than 76% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
10,511
National median: 14,642
▲ 143 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
3
National median: 194
▲ 2 vs yr agoBetter than 78% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

Latest month: July 2026· all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.

A&E attendances
10,511
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
80.1%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
3
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
1,920
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
5,695
Seen within 4 hours
64.1%

The all-types headline above includes minor-injury units and urgent treatment centres (Type 3), which typically report much higher 4-hour performance and lift the combined figure. This narrower figure covers only the main, consultant-led A&E department— Type 1 in NHS England's classification.

Department typeAttendancesWithin 4 hours
All types (official headline)10,51180.1%
Type 1 — major A&E5,69564.1%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC4,81699.1%

Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. About this data

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
47.3%
684 of 1,446 treated in time
Target 75% · below target
Treatment within 62 days
60.1%
89 of 148 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
96.7%
202 of 209 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
60%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%60.1%73.2%April 202569.9%May 202574.3%June 202575.4%July 202569.6%August 202571.0%September 202572.7%October 202569.3%November 202560.1%December 202552.0%January 202663.0%February 202665.7%March 202665.7%April 202665.2%May 202660.1%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
40%60%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%47.3%70.8%April 202569.8%May 202577.5%June 202575.8%July 202575.2%August 202564.7%September 202574.7%October 202580.3%November 202572.1%December 202539.4%January 202655.3%February 202660.8%March 202642.8%April 202645.0%May 202647.3%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
92.5%95%97.5%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%96.7%99.6%April 202599.5%May 202597.9%June 2025100.0%July 202598.1%August 202596.8%September 2025100.0%October 202597.2%November 202592.2%December 202591.5%January 202699.0%February 202697.4%March 202697.9%April 2026100.0%May 202696.7%June 2026

Source: NHS England Cancer Waiting Times. The 62-day standard is urgent referral to first treatment; the 28-day faster-diagnosis standard is referral to diagnosis or ruling-out. About this data

Patient experience (Friends & Family Test)

Latest month: June 2026· a voluntary, monthly feedback survey — the figure is the share of respondents who rated their experience 'good' or 'very good'. Response rates are often low and respondents are self-selected, not a representative sample, so read this alongside the clinical measures above, not on its own.

Inpatient care
% would recommend
96.4%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
1.8%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
385
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
7.4%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
84.3%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
10.1%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
408
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
6.3%
Responses as a share of those eligible

Source: NHS England Friends & Family Test. About this data

Staff experience (NHS Staff Survey)

2025 · the views of staff who work at this trust — a measure of workforce culture, morale and confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes. There is no official NHS target for these figures, so they are shown as context, never a pass or fail.

Staff happy for a friend or relative to be treated here
64.2%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 5.9 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.46
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
52.6%
Agreed · 2025

The NHS Staff Survey records the views of staff who chose to respond — a measure of workforce culture, morale and staff confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes or safety. Response rates vary between trusts. England only; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run separate staff surveys on a different basis, so these figures are never compared across nations.

Source: NHS Staff Survey (NHS England), Open Government Licence. About this data

Cancelled operations

Quarter ending 30 June 2026· last-minute cancellations for NON-CLINICAL reasons (no bed, no staff, an emergency taking priority) — not cancellations chosen by the patient or on clinical grounds. It's a raw count, so larger trusts naturally cancel more in absolute terms — read this alongside the other measures above, not on its own.

Last-minute cancellations
21
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
0
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
0.0%
share of cancelled ops without a new date inside 28 days

Source: NHS England (QMCO). About this data

Bed occupancy, ambulance handovers & delayed discharges (UEC Daily SitRep)

Snapshot at 8am, 29 March 2026. This is unvalidated management information— NHS England's own label — and can be revised for up to 14 days after first publication. It is collected only during the winter Daily SitRep window, so this is the latest date the collection has published, not necessarily today. It measures operational pressure (how full the hospital is), NOT care quality — high occupancy is normal for NHS hospitals, especially in winter, and is not a safety or performance score. The ambulance-handover figures below cover winter 2025-26 as a period total(not a snapshot): the time from an ambulance arriving to the patient being handed over to A&E staff. The delayed-discharge figures cover the most recent 7 daysof the collection (not a snapshot, and not the whole winter): a patient who "no longer meets the criteria to reside" is medically ready to leave hospital, but how quickly they actually do mostly reflects social-care and community capacity to receive them — NOT the hospital's own clinical quality. A higher handover or delayed-discharge figure means more operational pressure — like the rest of this section, none of it is a measure of care quality, and it carries no colour grading, badge or ranking.

Adult general & acute bed occupancy
93.1%
420 occupied of 451 open
Adult critical care occupancy
30.8%
4 occupied of 13 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
2.3%
of 7,988 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
0.5%
of 7,988 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
53
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
50%
of 745 who no longer met the criteria to reside, week to 29 March 2026

Source: NHS England UEC Daily SitRep, Ambulance Handover and Acute Discharge SitRep collections. About this data

Never Events (patient safety)

Financial year 2025/26 · Never Events are rare, serious, wholly-preventable incidents. This is a RAW count for 2025/26— it is NOT adjusted for how much surgery the trust does, and NHS England publishes it to prompt learning, NOT to compare trusts. A higher number is a prompt to look at the trust's own review, not proof it is less safe than a trust with fewer.

Never Events reported
1
Occurring in FY 2025/26 · not a comparative safety score

Source: NHS England. About this data

Maternity — patient experience

CQC National Maternity Survey, 2025 · scores are relative comparisons against other trusts, not a measure of absolute quality — based on 125 voluntary respondents (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). A lower score is a prompt to look closer, not proof of poor care.

Response rate
42.7%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
125
Of 298 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.6/10
Better than most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
9.1/10
Better than most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
8.6/10
Better than most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
9.0/10
Better than most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
9.5/10
Better than most trusts

Source: Care Quality Commission — National Maternity Survey. About this data

Stroke care (SSNAP audit)

Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, latest quarter to 2026· the SSNAP level (A best .. E) is the audit's own published grade for the quality of this team's acute stroke-care PROCESSES, adjusted for case-mix, case ascertainment and audit compliance — it is not a guarantee of any individual patient's outcome. England only; SSNAP also covers Wales and Northern Ireland.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead
D49.4/100
North East and North Cumbria
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentE
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentE
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyC
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance B

Source: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (Royal College of Physicians). About this data

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust · National Hip Fracture Database, 2023audit year · "Met best-practice criteria" is the audit's own composite measure of hip-fracture care PROCESSES at each hospital this trust runs.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, GatesheadBest-practice 84.7%320 cases

Source: National Hip Fracture Database (Royal College of Physicians). About this data

Patient experience — inpatient care

CQC Adult Inpatient Survey, 2024 · scores are 0-10, and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the CQC 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 530 voluntary respondents (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
45.7%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
530
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
8.3/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.4/10
National average: 8.9/10
Better than the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
9.2/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
9.0/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.6/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.4/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.5/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
7.3/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
7.0/10
National average: 6.7/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality Commission — CQC Adult Inpatient Survey. About this data

Patient experience — A&E (urgent & emergency care)

CQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E), 2024 · scores are 0-10, and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the CQC 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 301 voluntary respondents who attended a major (type 1) A&E department (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
32.6%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
301
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.4/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.7/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.1/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.3/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.2/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.7/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.8/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
8.0/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
5.9/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.5/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality Commission — CQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E). About this data

Patient experience — cancer care

National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, 2025 · scores are the % of patients giving the most positive answer (and an overall 0–10 rating), and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the survey's 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 415 patients treated for cancer by this trust (a question is only shown here where at least 10 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
—
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
415
Who took part
Overall rating of care
9.2/10
National average: 8.9/10
Better than the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
82%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
91%
National average: 84%
Better than the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
83%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
78%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
88%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
78%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
66%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
96%
National average: 89%
Better than the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
51%
National average: 45%
About the same as the national average

Source: NHS England (survey run by Picker on its behalf) — National Cancer Patient Experience Survey. About this data

Hip & knee replacement — patient outcomes (PROMs)

Financial year 2024-25(finalised) · patients having a primary hip or knee replacement voluntarily score their health before and after surgery. The average gain shown is adjusted for differences between patients (case-mix) — it is not a raw before/after difference and not a ranking, so read it alongside the patient numbers.

Hip replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
23.0
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 25.5
Patients
85
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
97.6%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.43
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
18.9
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 20.7
Patients
102
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
97.1%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.36
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale

Source: NHS England PROMs (hip & knee replacement). About this data

Diagnostic test waits

Latest month: June 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.

Waiting 6+ weeks for a test
7.3%
of 6,139 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Cystoscopy24031.7%7624
Audiology38327.7%10611
Cardiology74623.1%1728
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy10815.7%172
Gastroscopy2986.7%202
Colonoscopy2894.5%134
Urodynamics553.6%20
Ultrasound2,3091.6%373
CT scan7180.4%31
MRI5930.3%20
DEXA Scan3600.3%11
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
10%20%30%Apr 25Jan 267.3%22.6%April 202525.8%May 202522.7%June 202525.2%July 202528.9%August 202518.4%September 202513.7%October 20253.4%November 20254.1%December 20255.4%January 20263.8%February 20264.8%March 20267.1%April 20267.8%May 20267.3%June 2026

Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data

Safety: infections

Cases in the 12 months to July 2026. Hospital-onset cases are those most likely acquired in hospital.

InfectionCases (12 mo)Hospital-onset
MRSA bacteraemia92
C. difficile7535
E. coli bacteraemia29140
MSSA bacteraemia8126
Klebsiella bacteraemia8825
Pseudomonas bacteraemia288
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
51015Dec 23Jan 25Jan 261311December 202313January 202411February 20246March 20248April 20246May 202411June 202413July 202411August 202416September 202410October 20247November 202414December 202414January 20257February 202511March 202511April 20257May 202514June 20258July 20258August 202514September 202512October 202510November 20259December 202513January 202617February 202611March 202614April 20269May 20266June 202613July 2026

Source: UK Health Security Agency mandatory surveillance. About this data

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.10
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 1,405 deaths vs 1,280 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.901.001.10Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.101.05December 20181.05January 20191.05February 20191.05March 20191.03April 20191.04May 20191.05June 20191.06July 20191.06August 20191.05September 20191.05October 20191.06November 20191.05December 20191.06January 20201.06February 20201.06March 20201.08April 20201.07May 20201.05June 20201.05July 20201.06August 20201.04September 20201.03October 20201.03November 20201.02December 20201.01January 20211.00February 20211.00March 20211.01April 20211.02May 20211.03June 20211.03July 20211.04August 20211.04September 20211.04October 20211.05November 20211.03December 20211.02January 20221.02February 20221.01March 20220.99April 20220.97May 20220.95June 20220.94July 20220.91August 20220.90September 20220.90October 20220.87November 20220.86December 20220.84January 20230.86February 20230.87March 20230.87April 20230.88May 20230.90June 20230.90July 20230.93August 20230.93September 20230.94October 20230.96November 20230.99December 20231.02January 20241.00February 20241.01March 20241.02April 20241.01May 20241.01June 20241.01July 20241.01August 20241.03September 20241.02October 20241.04November 20241.04December 20241.05January 20251.05February 20251.07March 20251.09April 20251.10May 20251.11June 20251.12July 20251.12August 20251.11September 20251.11October 20251.09November 20251.08December 20251.08January 20261.09February 20261.10March 2026

The SHMI compares the number of deaths after hospital care with the number expected given patients' characteristics. It is not a death rate and a higher value is a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care. Source: NHS England. About this data

Waiting times by specialty

Data: June 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics (incomplete pathways)

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
General Surgery2,29991.7%5.1 wks18.5 wks000
Gynaecology2,09865.0%12.2 wks31.4 wks000
Trauma and Orthopaedic1,68260.2%14.0 wks38.0 wks000
Other - Medicals1,26394.1%6.3 wks17.0 wks000
Gastroenterology80794.3%4.4 wks16.2 wks000
Cardiology75771.1%11.5 wks27.7 wks000
Urology73668.9%11.8 wks38.8 wks200
Other - Others73571.7%8.7 wks34.5 wks000
Rheumatology39485.3%9.9 wks22.2 wks000
Respiratory Medicine35487.9%5.5 wks21.3 wks000
Elderly Medicine21194.8%6.5 wks16.5 wks000
Other - Mental Healths10499.0%4.5 wks12.0 wks000
General Internal Medicine3580.0%13.5 wks20.2 wks000
Other - Surgicals1752.9%15.5 wks38.6 wks000

Figures come from NHS England's official monthly statistics and the CQC directory, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See methodology for definitions.