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Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Page last reviewed: October 2025

Elective

Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks

This metric measures the percentage of cases where the patient was waiting to start consultant-led elective treatment and had been waiting within 18 weeks. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

68.6%

Rank: 15 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Gateshead Health showing Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks performance data for Gateshead Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGateshead Health National Average
Aug 2469.2%58.3%
Sep 2468.6%58.5%
Oct 2468.5%58.9%
Nov 2469.2%59.2%
Dec 2469.8%58.9%
Jan 2570.6%58.9%
Feb 2571.3%59.2%
Mar 2571.0%59.8%
Apr 2569.4%59.7%
May 2568.5%60.9%
Jun 2568.3%61.5%
Jul 2568.6%61.3%
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Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks

This metric measures the percentage of cases where the patient was waiting to start consultant-led elective treatment and had been waiting more than 52 weeks (one year). Lower percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

0.3%

Rank: 10 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Gateshead Health showing Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks performance data for Gateshead Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGateshead Health National Average
Aug 240.9%3.7%
Sep 241.0%3.3%
Oct 240.9%3.1%
Nov 240.9%3.0%
Dec 240.8%2.7%
Jan 250.6%2.7%
Feb 250.5%2.6%
Mar 250.0%2.4%
Apr 250.1%2.6%
May 250.0%2.7%
Jun 250.1%2.6%
Jul 250.3%2.6%
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Cancer

Cancer faster diagnosis

The standard reflects the proportion of patients who waited four weeks (28-days) from urgent referral to being told they have cancer, or cancer is definitively excluded. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

75.9%

Rank: 74 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Gateshead Health showing Cancer faster diagnosis over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Cancer faster diagnosis performance data for Gateshead Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGateshead Health National Average
Aug 2480.2%75.5%
Sep 2478.1%74.9%
Oct 2482.4%77.1%
Nov 2484.6%77.4%
Dec 2486.0%78.1%
Jan 2577.8%73.4%
Feb 2580.7%80.2%
Mar 2579.7%78.9%
Apr 2570.3%76.7%
May 2570.0%74.8%
Jun 2577.4%76.8%
Jul 2575.9%76.6%
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Cancer 62-day combined

The standard reflects the proportion of patients who waited two months (62-days) from an urgent suspected cancer or breast symptomatic referral, or urgent screening referral, or consultant upgrade to a first definitive treatment for cancer. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

75.3%

Rank: 37 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for Gateshead Health showing Cancer 62-day combined over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Cancer 62-day combined performance data for Gateshead Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGateshead Health National Average
Aug 2474.6%69.5%
Sep 2469.6%67.4%
Oct 2481.3%68.2%
Nov 2475.5%69.4%
Dec 2478.4%71.3%
Jan 2581.7%67.3%
Feb 2582.9%67.0%
Mar 2582.6%71.4%
Apr 2573.7%69.9%
May 2567.7%67.8%
Jun 2574.1%67.1%
Jul 2575.3%69.2%
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Diagnostics

Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks

The purpose of this dataset is to measure waits and monitor activity for 15 key diagnostic tests. Early diagnosis is important to patients and central to improving outcomes. Lower percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

25.2%

Rank: 80 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for Gateshead Health showing Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks performance data for Gateshead Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGateshead Health National Average
Aug 2415.7%24.0%
Sep 2413.6%22.7%
Oct 2411.7%20.7%
Nov 2413.2%19.9%
Dec 2416.7%22.8%
Jan 2518.7%22.4%
Feb 2513.6%17.5%
Mar 2517.4%18.4%
Apr 2522.6%21.2%
May 2525.8%22.0%
Jun 2522.7%21.3%
Jul 2525.2%21.9%
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Accident and Emergency

A&E 4-hour performance

This metric reflects the proportion of patients who waited less than 4 hours from arrival, to admission, transfer or discharge. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

82.3%

Rank: 7 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for Gateshead Health showing A&E 4-hour performance over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly A&E 4-hour performance performance data for Gateshead Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGateshead Health National Average
Sep 2471.4%74.2%
Oct 2467.8%73.1%
Nov 2473.0%72.2%
Dec 2465.6%71.1%
Jan 2571.2%73.0%
Feb 2573.6%73.5%
Mar 2574.5%75.0%
Apr 2572.5%74.8%
May 2579.0%75.4%
Jun 2576.7%75.5%
Jul 2582.2%76.4%
Aug 2582.3%75.9%
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A&E 12-hour performance

This metric reflects the proportion of patients who waited over 12 hours from arrival, to admission, transfer or discharge, for type 1 and 2 A&E departments only. Lower percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

0.3%

Rank: 2 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for Gateshead Health showing A&E 12-hour performance over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025. The most recent month is provisional data.

Monthly A&E 12-hour performance performance data for Gateshead Health - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthGateshead Health National Average
Sep 246.9%9.9%
Oct 2411.7%11.2%
Nov 248.0%10.8%
Dec 2415.7%12.1%
Jan 257.6%12.7%
Feb 254.0%11.3%
Mar 251.2%9.7%
Apr 250.8%10.1%
May 250.5%9.4%
Jun 250.7%8.9%
Jul 250.2%8.3%
Aug 250.3%8.9%
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