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Cobalt Hospital

Cobalt Business Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE27 0BY · BRAND Ramsay Health Care UK

Rated Good by the CQC. The shortest published NHS wait here is 4 weeks.

About this provider

Most recent inspection: 2024-02-29.

Good 3 of 4 CQC bands

2016-09-07

Good

Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-10-25. CQC uses a four-band scale and does not issue a star rating.

The CQC rates every service against five key questions. These are the ratings from the most recent inspection.

Safe

Good

Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?

Effective

Good

Does care, treatment and support achieve good outcomes and follow the best available evidence?

Caring

Good

Do staff involve and treat people with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect?

Responsive

Good

Are services organised to meet people's needs?

Well-led

Good

Do leadership, management and governance assure high-quality care?

Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0, retrieved 2026-10-25.

NHS specialties with a published waiting time at this hospital. Select one for how it compares across the area.

Weeks from referral to treatment, NHS-funded care only.

Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment. Median wait is for the latest published month; the trend covers every month since we began keeping the series.
Specialty	Median wait	Within 18 weeks	Patients waiting	Trend
All specialties	12 wks	64%	2,088	no change since Jan 2026
Gastroenterology	4 wks	88%	392	1 week shorter since Jan 2026
General surgery	17 wks	50%	328	1 week shorter since Jan 2026
Plastic surgery	14 wks	60%	894	2 weeks longer since Jan 2026
Trauma and orthopaedics	13 wks	60%	474	1 week shorter since Jan 2026

NHS-funded care only. Does not reflect private appointment availability. Retrieved 2026-10-25.