As of October, there were close to 250,000 people waiting for NHS treatment across five hospital trusts in the North East.
That's the NHS backlog. And it's replicated around the country, with a total of more than seven million people now waiting for NHS care. That's the most ever - and it's still rising. For many months NHS bosses have been working to find ways to get more patients through the doors and in for vital operations - especially as research has shown that the longer someone waits, the more pressure that puts on the wider health service.
Use our interactive graphics to explore how the five NHS trusts are faring - but keep in mind that each hospital trust cannot be directly compared with one another. For example, as a tertiary centre, the Newcastle Hospitals NHS trust takes complex patients in a range of specialities from around the region, and indeed around the UK.
