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The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7DN · 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
74.6% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
76.1% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
65.6% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
20.4% 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

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reported 22,340 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 76.1% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, 74.6% of patients were treated within 18 weeks of referral, while 86,740 people remained on the waiting list. Staff survey results from 2025 showed that 74.1% 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 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
74.6%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 1.1 pts vs yr agoBetter than 80% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
9.4 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 0.5 wks vs yr agoBetter than 80% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
86,740
National median: 39,587
▼ 2,210 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
702
National median: 358.5
▼ 595 vs yr agoBetter than 33% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
76.1%
National median: 74.2%
▼ 3.2 pts vs yr agoBetter than 59% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
22,340
National median: 14,642
▲ 1,537 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
3
National median: 194
▼ 25 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
22,340
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
76.1%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
3
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
7,016
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
12,057
Seen within 4 hours
57.9%

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)22,34076.1%
Type 1 — major A&E12,05757.9%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E1,87893.1%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC8,40598.4%

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

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
84.6%
2,277 of 2,693 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
65.6%
325 of 495 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
74.5%
1,046 of 1,404 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%65.6%71.9%April 202569.2%May 202563.9%June 202571.1%July 202570.2%August 202570.4%September 202571.7%October 202571.5%November 202573.4%December 202566.0%January 202668.5%February 202663.6%March 202665.0%April 202665.1%May 202665.6%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%84.6%81.1%April 202580.3%May 202578.1%June 202574.1%July 202572.0%August 202568.6%September 202569.1%October 202565.6%November 202567.7%December 202566.5%January 202685.6%February 202686.5%March 202683.1%April 202685.0%May 202684.6%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
80%90%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%74.5%79.7%April 202577.0%May 202581.3%June 202587.2%July 202589.4%August 202589.0%September 202591.7%October 202592.0%November 202591.9%December 202578.5%January 202686.8%February 202685.7%March 202681.8%April 202683.4%May 202674.5%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
94.8%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
1.9%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
1,830
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
13.0%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
75.6%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
14.1%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
861
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
4.6%
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
74.1%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 2.5 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.72
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
57.8%
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
139
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
36
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
25.9%
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
84.3%
1,083 occupied of 1,284 open
Adult critical care occupancy
58.4%
45 occupied of 77 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
20.1%
of 12,067 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
3.5%
of 12,067 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
15
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
91%
of 1,080 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
8
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 127 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
34.1%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
127
Of 375 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.9/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.4/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
9.1/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
8.5/10
Better than 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.

Freeman Hospital
C61.5/100
North East and North Cumbria
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayB
ReperfusionE
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyE
Standards by dischargeB
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A
Royal Victoria Infirmary
C67.5/100
North East and North Cumbria
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayA
ReperfusionD
MDT assessmentB
Therapy intensityC
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeC
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

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

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals 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.

Royal Victoria InfirmaryBest-practice 71.0%481 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 513 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
42.6%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
513
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.9/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.0/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as 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
9.1/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.5/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.3/10
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
7.0/10
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 284 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
31.2%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
284
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
3.6/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
4.2/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.6/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.4/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.8/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.9/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
7.3/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
7.7/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.4/10
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 1,509 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
1,509
Who took part
Overall rating of care
9.0/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
79%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
86%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
83%
National average: 80%
Better than the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
80%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
89%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
77%
National average: 74%
Better than the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
70%
National average: 65%
Better than the national average
The whole care team worked well together
89%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
46%
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
Patients
21
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
95.2%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
Knee replacement
Patients
18
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
94.4%
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
20.4%
of 17,886 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Cardiology2,92445.8%1,338231
Colonoscopy53235.7%19056
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy22335.0%7824
Gastroscopy63532.6%20766
Cystoscopy26526.4%7014
MRI4,20626.2%1,101140
Audiology1,09412.0%13137
DEXA Scan6528.0%523
Ultrasound4,6167.0%3233
CT scan2,3945.3%12745
Neurophysiology2301.3%31
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
15%20%Apr 25Jan 2620.4%16.7%April 202519.1%May 202514.2%June 202513.0%July 202518.6%August 202517.0%September 202513.9%October 202513.2%November 202520.6%December 202521.9%January 202614.7%February 202614.3%March 202617.7%April 202620.5%May 202620.4%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 bacteraemia159
C. difficile225132
E. coli bacteraemia510217
MSSA bacteraemia23996
Klebsiella bacteraemia233121
Pseudomonas bacteraemia6638
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
4060Dec 23Jan 25Jan 266828December 202337January 202439February 202445March 202437April 202439May 202450June 202450July 202462August 202463September 202449October 202451November 202453December 202449January 202560February 202563March 202555April 202555May 202546June 202542July 202542August 202561September 202543October 202546November 202552December 202551January 202647February 202656March 202650April 202651May 202646June 202668July 2026

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

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
0.91
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 2,770 deaths vs 3,055 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.901.001.10Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)0.910.99December 20180.98January 20190.98February 20190.96March 20190.97April 20190.96May 20190.96June 20190.96July 20190.96August 20190.96September 20190.96October 20190.98November 20190.97December 20190.98January 20200.97February 20200.98March 20200.98April 20200.99May 20200.99June 20200.99July 20200.98August 20200.98September 20200.98October 20200.97November 20200.95December 20200.95January 20210.96February 20210.97March 20210.93April 20210.94May 20210.94June 20210.94July 20210.95August 20210.96September 20210.96October 20210.97November 20210.98December 20210.97January 20220.96February 20220.92March 20220.92April 20220.90May 20220.91June 20220.91July 20220.91August 20220.91September 20220.91October 20220.91November 20220.92December 20220.92January 20230.92February 20230.92March 20230.91April 20230.97May 20231.01June 20231.06July 20231.10August 20230.91September 20230.91October 20230.92November 20230.90December 20230.90January 20240.91February 20240.91March 20240.92April 20240.92May 20240.92June 20240.91July 20240.91August 20240.91September 20240.91October 20240.90November 20240.90December 20240.89January 20250.89February 20250.87March 20250.85April 20250.86May 20250.85June 20250.87July 20250.87August 20250.87September 20250.88October 20250.88November 20250.88December 20250.88January 20260.89February 20260.91March 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
Other - Surgicals10,18165.9%11.3 wks38.3 wks6910
Ophthalmology9,74781.2%7.6 wks30.9 wks11500
Other - Medicals9,61779.4%8.5 wks28.4 wks300
Ear Nose and Throat8,69178.9%9.4 wks28.1 wks1000
Dermatology8,64968.5%10.6 wks35.5 wks200
Other - Paediatrics8,13875.6%8.5 wks29.3 wks5200
Trauma and Orthopaedic7,75662.4%12.2 wks44.8 wks26490
Gynaecology3,64387.9%7.9 wks20.6 wks1522
Urology3,22565.7%10.8 wks37.7 wks1700
Cardiology2,78876.8%10.0 wks32.7 wks3850
Oral Surgery2,41871.9%11.7 wks27.9 wks000
Other - Others2,35178.8%8.3 wks36.5 wks4110
Neurology1,99985.0%8.8 wks23.4 wks200
Plastic Surgery1,49362.6%12.2 wks39.8 wks1700
Neurosurgical1,34871.4%10.9 wks37.3 wks2330
Gastroenterology95290.2%6.6 wks20.3 wks310
General Surgery94473.8%9.8 wks34.1 wks2500
General Internal Medicine92184.3%8.4 wks24.4 wks000
Respiratory Medicine82794.0%5.5 wks16.5 wks000
Rheumatology74292.6%7.2 wks17.8 wks000
Elderly Medicine21898.2%5.0 wks14.2 wks000
Cardiothoracic Surgery9246.7%20.0 wks49.6 wks600

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.