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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

North Shields, NE29 8NH · 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
83.9% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
92.0% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
80.9% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Meets NHS standard
0.3% 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

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reported 26,068 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 92% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the median waiting time for treatment was 9.1 weeks, and 83.9% of patients were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 79.3% of staff felt happy for a friend or relative to be treated at the trust in 2025.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 19 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
83.9%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 2.6 pts vs yr agoBetter than 89% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
9.1 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 0.9 wks vs yr agoBetter than 84% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
39,601
National median: 39,587
▲ 2,976 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
0
National median: 358.5
▼ 17 vs yr agoBetter than 88% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
92.0%
National median: 74.2%
▲ 0.1 pts vs yr agoBetter than 88% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
26,068
National median: 14,642
▲ 1,637 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
0
National median: 194
Better than 81% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

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

A&E attendances
26,068
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
92.0%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
0
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
5,230
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
11,136
Seen within 4 hours
81.4%

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)26,06892.0%
Type 1 — major A&E11,13681.4%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC14,932100.0%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
84.6%
1,990 of 2,352 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
80.9%
224 of 277 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
94.2%
291 of 309 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
80%82.5%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%80.9%85.2%April 202581.0%May 202578.4%June 202585.5%July 202578.9%August 202581.6%September 202582.7%October 202585.8%November 202584.5%December 202585.2%January 202683.8%February 202685.4%March 202685.7%April 202680.6%May 202680.9%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%84.6%87.0%April 202584.2%May 202587.2%June 202585.9%July 202582.4%August 202586.1%September 202586.0%October 202584.1%November 202586.4%December 202583.3%January 202687.3%February 202682.7%March 202683.6%April 202683.1%May 202684.6%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
94%96%98%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%94.2%98.5%April 202597.1%May 202597.8%June 202598.3%July 202596.2%August 202596.5%September 202598.7%October 202597.5%November 202598.5%December 202594.3%January 202698.3%February 202696.1%March 202693.7%April 202697.2%May 202694.2%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
95.1%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
2.3%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,089
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
10.5%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
79.8%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
8.4%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,916
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
8.9%
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
79.3%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 1.4 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
7.14
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
73.8%
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
71
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
93.4%
777 occupied of 832 open
Adult critical care occupancy
73.3%
11 occupied of 15 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
11.0%
of 13,137 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
2.1%
of 13,137 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
78
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
52%
of 1,149 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
4
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 118 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
39.6%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
118
Of 300 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.6/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.6/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
7.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.2/10
About the same as 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.

North Tyneside General Hospital
D44.0/100
North East and North Cumbria
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentD
Specialist pathwayD
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentB
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeE
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A
Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital HASU
D53.8/100
North East and North Cumbria
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayD
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentA
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyC
Standards by dischargeE
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A
Wansbeck General Hospital
D47.5/100
North East and North Cumbria
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayC
ReperfusionB
MDT assessmentA
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeE
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Northumbria Healthcare 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.

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care HospitalBest-practice 69.5%676 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 499 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
43.2%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
499
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
8.0/10
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
9.4/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
9.2/10
National average: 8.9/10
Better than the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.9/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.5/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.6/10
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
7.1/10
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 274 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
29.5%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
274
Of 950 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.3/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.4/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
4.1/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.2/10
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
7.3/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.7/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
7.8/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
6.3/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.3/10
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 500 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
500
Who took part
Overall rating of care
9.3/10
National average: 8.9/10
Better than the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
82%
National average: 78%
Better than the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
88%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
85%
National average: 80%
Better than the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
82%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
85%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
81%
National average: 74%
Better than the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
72%
National average: 65%
Better than the national average
The whole care team worked well together
93%
National average: 89%
Better than the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
50%
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)
24.3
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 26.2
Patients
34
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.49
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Patients
29
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
89.7%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before

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
0.3%
of 15,643 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Cystoscopy3442.9%102
Colonoscopy2852.5%72
Cardiology1,0152.1%214
Gastroscopy4630.4%20
Respiratory physiology2580.4%10
Neurophysiology2630.4%10
MRI2,9290.2%50
Ultrasound6,7300.0%30
CT scan2,4190.0%00
DEXA Scan8220.0%00
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy1020.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
0.25%0.5%0.75%1%Apr 25Jan 260.3%0.8%April 20250.6%May 20250.4%June 20250.8%July 20251.0%August 20250.5%September 20250.3%October 20250.6%November 20250.8%December 20250.7%January 20260.7%February 20260.7%March 20260.6%April 20260.7%May 20260.3%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 bacteraemia72
C. difficile14639
E. coli bacteraemia43071
MSSA bacteraemia11932
Klebsiella bacteraemia13127
Pseudomonas bacteraemia247
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
5101520Dec 23Jan 25Jan 261912December 202314January 20249February 202416March 202418April 202421May 202412June 202416July 202421August 202412September 202417October 202411November 202417December 202416January 202517February 202520March 202520April 202517May 202515June 202515July 20258August 202515September 202514October 202516November 202511December 20256January 202618February 202618March 202615April 202622May 202616June 202619July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.02
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 3,140 deaths vs 3,080 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.900.951.001.05Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.021.02December 20181.02January 20191.02February 20191.03March 20191.02April 20191.02May 20191.02June 20191.03July 20191.03August 20191.03September 20191.02October 20191.03November 20191.03December 20191.02January 20201.02February 20201.01March 20201.01April 20201.00May 20200.99June 20200.98July 20200.97August 20200.97September 20200.98October 20200.98November 20200.97December 20200.98January 20210.97February 20210.97March 20210.97April 20210.99May 20210.99June 20211.00July 20211.00August 20210.99September 20210.98October 20210.98November 20210.98December 20210.97January 20220.97February 20220.99March 20220.99April 20220.97May 20220.96June 20220.96July 20220.94August 20220.93September 20220.93October 20220.92November 20220.91December 20220.91January 20230.90February 20230.89March 20230.89April 20230.90May 20230.90June 20230.90July 20230.91August 20230.92September 20230.92October 20230.92November 20230.93December 20230.93January 20240.93February 20240.94March 20240.94April 20240.94May 20240.94June 20240.95July 20240.96August 20240.96September 20240.97October 20240.97November 20240.97December 20240.98January 20250.99February 20250.98March 20250.99April 20250.99May 20250.99June 20250.99July 20250.98August 20250.98September 20250.98October 20251.00November 20251.00December 20251.01January 20261.02February 20261.02March 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
Trauma and Orthopaedic10,39170.5%11.7 wks33.4 wks000
General Surgery6,51892.5%8.6 wks17.9 wks000
Gynaecology4,04477.1%10.5 wks30.2 wks000
Plastic Surgery2,95180.3%8.0 wks28.7 wks000
Urology2,92090.6%8.6 wks19.5 wks000
Respiratory Medicine2,82095.3%8.8 wks17.3 wks000
Oral Surgery1,62462.7%13.6 wks38.6 wks000
Cardiology1,60697.8%7.3 wks16.7 wks000
General Internal Medicine1,556100.0%5.6 wks15.2 wks000
Gastroenterology1,52297.4%7.6 wks16.7 wks000
Other - Paediatrics1,28796.7%7.7 wks16.7 wks000
Rheumatology1,16384.5%7.8 wks21.5 wks000
Elderly Medicine63999.8%4.4 wks15.4 wks000
Other - Others35799.4%7.2 wks15.6 wks000
Other - Mental Healths20297.0%4.0 wks15.0 wks000
Neurology1100.0%12.5 wks12.9 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.