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Alnwick Infirmary

Infirmary Drive, Alnwick, NE66 2NS · Run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

CQC rating published 16 October 2019 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
83.0%
Better than 90% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
9.7 wks
Better than 85% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
39,508
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
0
Better than 100% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
91.2%
Better than 87% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
25,347
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
0
Better than 100% of trustsData: Jun 2026

NHS England publishes waiting-time and A&E figures per trust, not per building — figures marked Trust-wide cover all hospitals run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic10,21368.3%12.5 wks0
General Surgery6,59492.5%9.0 wks0
Gynaecology4,13276.4%10.4 wks0
Urology2,90091.8%8.9 wks0
Respiratory Medicine2,77395.5%8.6 wks0
Plastic Surgery2,70276.2%9.8 wks0
Oral Surgery1,67059.5%14.8 wks0
Cardiology1,66497.7%7.1 wks0
Gastroenterology1,61198.3%8.3 wks0
General Internal Medicine1,47699.7%5.8 wks0
Other - Paediatrics1,36194.3%8.3 wks0
Rheumatology1,17686.3%9.4 wks0
Elderly Medicine65899.2%5.2 wks0
Other - Others34899.4%7.3 wks0
Other - Mental Healths22895.6%4.4 wks0
Neurology2100.0%9.0 wks0

About this data

Every figure on this page comes from an official publication: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics, NHS England A&E statistics, and the Care Quality Commission directory. Data periods are shown against each figure — NHS England publishes with a lag of around six weeks. Read the full methodology.