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Shotley Bridge Community Hospital

Consett, Durham, DH8 0NB · Run by County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Not yet rated

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
67.1%
Better than 58% of trustsData: May 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
12.2 wks
Better than 54% of trustsData: May 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
52,361
Data: May 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
774
Better than 28% of trustsData: May 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
65.3%
Better than 17% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
17,179
Data: Jun 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
31
Better than 70% 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 County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: May 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait52+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic10,98378.2%9.8 wks58
General Surgery6,09859.1%13.9 wks159
Dermatology5,16152.8%16.7 wks288
Other - Paediatrics5,12264.8%13.4 wks95
Gynaecology4,53165.7%12.7 wks95
Ear Nose and Throat3,58872.7%12.0 wks2
Gastroenterology3,56263.6%13.5 wks1
Ophthalmology3,08568.2%11.5 wks10
Rheumatology1,88951.9%17.5 wks34
General Internal Medicine1,83169.6%12.2 wks0
Respiratory Medicine1,60168.4%13.0 wks2
Plastic Surgery1,48363.9%12.3 wks29
Cardiology1,36281.9%9.1 wks0
Other - Mental Healths74471.6%11.9 wks1
Oral Surgery73765.1%13.4 wks0
Elderly Medicine39088.7%7.6 wks0
Other - Medicals17294.2%5.9 wks0
Cardiothoracic Surgery2240.9%24.5 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.