County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

A&E at the trust

Within 4 hours, all A&E

77%

every type of A&E the trust runs, urgent treatment centres included

3 percentage points higher than England (74%)

Within 4 hours, major A&E

59%

emergency departments open 24 hours (type 1)

2 percentage points lower than England (61%)

Waited over 12 hours for a bed

52

from the decision to admit to being admitted

Attendances in September 2026

23,358

These are NHS England’s official monthly A&E statistics for the trust. “All A&E” includes urgent treatment centres, minor injury units and walk-in centres the trust runs, where most people are seen sooner. This is a fact about the A&E department, not a grade or a verdict. Departments see different patients: one that admits more people, or takes the most seriously ill, will often have longer times.

Source: NHS England, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions, Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) tables, October 2025 to September 2026 (published 8 October 2026). Open Government Licence. NHS England publishes the hospital figures as experimental statistics, as received from hospitals, with counts rounded to the nearest 5.

Month by month

The share of all A&E attendances within 4 hours, month by month over the last year. The scale runs from 0 to 100%.

Its hospitals

The share seen within 4 hours at each hospital’s major or specialist A&E in September 2026.

• Darlington Memorial Hospital – 60%
• University Hospital of North Durham – 63%

In alphabetical order, not a ranking.

Waiting for planned treatment

How long people on the trust’s waiting list for planned treatment have waited, specialty by specialty.

• Waiting times at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust