ShortestWait

Elderly medicine waiting times by hospital

Patients waiting for elderly medicine treatment at the end of August 2026, at every NHS trust and independent provider in England with at least 50 patients waiting.

Includes treatments such as geriatrics, geriatric, care of the elderly, falls, memory clinic.

England median wait
7.6 weeks
92% waiting less than
25.3 weeks
Waiting under 18 weeks
84%
People waiting
27,431

Shortest elderly medicine waits near you

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England median wait over two years

England: median wait in weeks, Sep 2024 to Aug 2026The median wait fell from 8.2 weeks to 7.6 weeks between September 2024 and August 2026.0246810Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 20267.6 wks
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MonthEngland
August 20267.6
July 20267.3
June 20267.3
May 20267.8
April 20267.7
March 20267.2
February 20267.4
January 20268.7
December 20258.4
November 20257.8
October 20257.5
September 20257.7
August 20257.6
July 20256.9
June 20257.1
May 20257.7
April 20257.6
March 20257.5
February 20257.4
January 20258.3
December 20248
November 20247.4
October 20247.6
September 20248.2

hospitals ranked by median wait

# Hospital or provider Waiting Median wait 92% within Within 18 weeks vs 3 months ago
1 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 104 2.2 wks 5.5 wks 100% 0.2 weeks shorter
2 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 85 2.6 wks 8.1 wks 100% 0.5 weeks shorter
3 Medway NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 64 2.8 wks 13.9 wks 98% 1.6 weeks shorter
4 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 113 3.1 wks 12.0 wks 96% 0.2 weeks longer
5 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 202 3.6 wks 12.3 wks 95% 2.2 weeks shorter
6 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 79 4.0 wks 12.9 wks 97% 2.9 weeks shorter
7 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 180 4.0 wks 10.9 wks 98% 2.7 weeks shorter
8 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 62 4.2 wks 18.0 wks 92% 3.1 weeks shorter
9 Barts Health NHS Trust NHS London 179 4.3 wks 15.2 wks 98% 1.7 weeks shorter
10 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 66 4.4 wks 11.9 wks 98% 0.2 weeks longer
11 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust NHS Midlands 128 4.4 wks 12.0 wks 98% 0.7 weeks shorter
12 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 232 4.4 wks 15.9 wks 94% 0.9 weeks shorter
13 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 149 4.5 wks 14.8 wks 95% 0.6 weeks shorter
14 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 628 4.5 wks 18.6 wks 90% 1.4 weeks shorter
15 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 191 4.6 wks 14.9 wks 97% 0.7 weeks shorter
16 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust NHS Midlands 203 4.7 wks 14.8 wks 95% 1.0 weeks shorter
17 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 172 4.8 wks 14.5 wks 97% 0.8 weeks shorter
18 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 62 4.8 wks 16.0 wks 95% 0.4 weeks shorter
19 Guy'S and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 460 4.8 wks 16.6 wks 93% 0.1 weeks shorter
20 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 154 4.9 wks 17.2 wks 94% 1.0 weeks shorter
21 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 341 5.0 wks 14.3 wks 96% 0.4 weeks shorter
22 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 122 5.1 wks 18.2 wks 92% 1.1 weeks longer
23 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 87 5.2 wks 21.0 wks 91% 3.5 weeks shorter
24 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 225 5.2 wks 15.2 wks 96% 0.5 weeks longer
25 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust NHS South East 191 5.2 wks 14.3 wks 98% 1.5 weeks longer
26 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 213 5.3 wks 15.3 wks 96% 0.8 weeks shorter
27 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 68 5.3 wks 20.6 wks 88% 0.9 weeks longer
28 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust NHS South East 73 5.4 wks 28.2 wks 90% 0.8 weeks shorter
29 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 590 5.5 wks 14.4 wks 100% 0.3 weeks longer
30 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 288 5.5 wks 16.2 wks 98% 1.0 weeks longer
31 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 350 5.6 wks 15.3 wks 96% 1.6 weeks shorter
32 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 102 5.6 wks 16.9 wks 97% 1.8 weeks longer
33 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 277 5.8 wks 19.9 wks 84% 1.7 weeks shorter
34 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 302 6.0 wks 21.5 wks 88% 2.5 weeks shorter
35 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 84 6.0 wks 12.9 wks 98% 0.6 weeks longer
36 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS East of England 54 6.0 wks 17.7 wks 94% no change
37 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 59 6.1 wks 14.1 wks 95% 0.7 weeks longer
38 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 55 6.2 wks 12.9 wks 95% 1.2 weeks longer
39 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 303 6.2 wks 19.7 wks 88% 0.5 weeks shorter
40 Whittington Health NHS Trust NHS London 91 6.3 wks 13.4 wks 100% 0.9 weeks longer
41 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 305 6.3 wks 16.9 wks 92% 0.4 weeks longer
42 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 280 6.4 wks 15.8 wks 95% 1.9 weeks longer
43 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 1,015 6.4 wks 22.2 wks 87% 1.0 weeks shorter
44 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust NHS South West 343 6.4 wks 18.3 wks 91% 0.4 weeks shorter
45 King'S College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 570 6.6 wks 16.5 wks 95% 0.3 weeks longer
46 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 285 6.7 wks 22.1 wks 90% 1.2 weeks shorter
47 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London 208 6.7 wks 28.5 wks 82% 5.1 weeks shorter
48 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 150 6.8 wks 18.5 wks 91% no change
49 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 145 6.8 wks 17.2 wks 97% 1.8 weeks longer
50 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 884 6.8 wks 17.1 wks 94% 1.8 weeks longer
51 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 352 6.9 wks 26.0 wks 82% 1.3 weeks shorter
52 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust NHS London 188 7.1 wks 15.5 wks 96% 1.3 weeks longer
53 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 93 7.2 wks 18.7 wks 88% 2.2 weeks longer
54 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 109 7.2 wks 14.1 wks 98% 2.3 weeks longer
55 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 677 7.3 wks 24.2 wks 87% 2.4 weeks shorter
56 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 181 7.5 wks 16.3 wks 94% 2.6 weeks longer
57 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust NHS Midlands 62 7.5 wks 17.3 wks 98% 3.3 weeks longer
58 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 934 7.6 wks 20.8 wks 90% 1.5 weeks shorter
59 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 200 7.6 wks 17.7 wks 93% 0.6 weeks longer
60 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 392 7.6 wks 22.8 wks 83% 1.5 weeks longer
61 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust NHS London 305 7.7 wks 16.7 wks 99% 1.9 weeks longer
62 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 77 7.8 wks 23.0 wks 78% 0.8 weeks longer
63 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 427 8.0 wks 20.0 wks 87% 0.4 weeks longer
64 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS East of England 298 8.0 wks 20.2 wks 87% 1.3 weeks shorter
65 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 95 8.2 wks 28.5 wks 82% 4.9 weeks shorter
66 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 219 8.2 wks 14.7 wks 100% 1.6 weeks longer
67 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust NHS South East 378 8.2 wks 20.6 wks 89% 2.0 weeks shorter
68 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 87 8.2 wks 31.5 wks 74% 0.3 weeks shorter
69 North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 179 8.4 wks 18.6 wks 91% 1.5 weeks longer
70 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 153 8.4 wks 19.5 wks 88% 1.1 weeks shorter
71 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS East of England 145 8.5 wks 28.8 wks 81% 1.7 weeks longer
72 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 325 8.6 wks 18.9 wks 90% 2.4 weeks longer
73 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 203 8.9 wks 17.6 wks 93% 0.5 weeks shorter
74 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 353 9.1 wks 22.4 wks 88% 2.7 weeks longer
75 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS North West 414 9.1 wks 22.9 wks 84% 0.3 weeks longer
76 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust NHS Midlands 98 9.5 wks 25.1 wks 82% 0.8 weeks longer
77 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 793 9.6 wks 33.5 wks 71% 4.2 weeks shorter
78 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 153 9.6 wks 40.8 wks 67% 3.3 weeks shorter
79 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust NHS Midlands 554 9.6 wks 23.8 wks 81% 0.7 weeks longer
80 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 204 9.6 wks 24.1 wks 78% 1.0 weeks shorter
81 Ashford and St Peter'S Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS South East 207 9.8 wks 26.4 wks 80% 0.2 weeks shorter
82 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Midlands 320 9.8 wks 28.6 wks 72% 1.6 weeks shorter
83 East Cheshire NHS Trust NHS North West 70 10.4 wks 30.2 wks 80% 3.6 weeks shorter
84 Wye Valley NHS Trust NHS Midlands 173 10.5 wks 28.6 wks 77% 3.0 weeks longer
85 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS London 273 10.6 wks 24.1 wks 86% 2.6 weeks longer
86 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 278 11.2 wks 35.6 wks 70% 2.4 weeks shorter
87 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 683 11.3 wks 30.7 wks 68% 2.2 weeks longer
88 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 217 11.3 wks 28.2 wks 78% 0.3 weeks shorter
89 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust NHS South West 285 11.4 wks 30.1 wks 73% 1.3 weeks shorter
90 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust NHS North East and Yorkshire 497 11.8 wks 35.9 wks 64% 4.1 weeks shorter
91 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 406 12.0 wks 29.7 wks 68% 1.0 weeks shorter
92 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 1,399 12.1 wks 33.9 wks 66% 3.6 weeks shorter
93 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS London 183 12.4 wks 35.4 wks 68% 0.8 weeks longer
94 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust NHS South East 256 13.5 wks 28.4 wks 69% 4.3 weeks longer
95 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust NHS North West 286 14.0 wks 36.4 wks 62% 3.0 weeks shorter
96 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust NHS Midlands 1,200 19.4 wks 48.8 wks 48% no change

96 providers. Independent providers treat NHS patients at no cost to the patient; you can usually ask to be referred to one. Providers reporting one figure for several sites are marked with the number of sites.

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