Care of older people at Barts Health NHS Trust

Whipps Cross and Newham General elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 7 to 20 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 4 weeks and 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 98% are within 18 weeks.

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7 to 20weeks

Half seen within 7 weeks, 9 in 10 within 20 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 4 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 61 people treated in the month.

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Based on the waiting-now figures for August 2026. Not a prediction of your own wait: urgency decides who is seen first.

How the wait has changed

Elderly medicine at Barts Health NHS Trust, 24 months to August 2026
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Shaded band: half to 9 in 10 of people treated that month. Line: the median wait of people still waiting. Weeks on the left.

The numbers behind the chart
MonthTreated, half withinTreated, 9 in 10 withinWaiting now, half within
September 20247.817.58.9
October 20248.322.49.2
November 20247.934.211.3
December 20249.329.211.4
January 20257.931.311.4
February 20259.128.910.7
March 20257.939.410.7
April 202512.432.611.1
May 202510.026.612.6
June 202513.129.412.0
July 202513.037.811.1
August 202513.328.011.0
September 20258.632.93.0
October 20255.917.25.4
November 20257.514.87.1
December 20256.015.77.6
January 20268.816.28.1
February 202611.519.46.1
March 20266.416.35.8
April 20267.023.56.3
May 20268.822.26.0
June 20267.319.86.4
July 20267.722.35.0
August 20266.719.64.3

Faster options within 25 miles

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Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

NHS trust, 14.7 miles away

3 to 27weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 27 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 21 weeks. 70 people treated in the month.

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