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Care of older people at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bedford Hospital South Wing and Luton and Dunstable elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 16 to 42 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 8 weeks and 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 87% are within 18 weeks.

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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust

16 to 42weeks

Half seen within 16 weeks, 9 in 10 within 42 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 20 weeks. 33 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 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation 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 202415.031.69.9
October 202413.529.99.4
November 20240.828.59.4
December 202413.431.39.9
January 202515.536.910.6
February 202512.047.012.1
March 20250.935.411.5
April 20255.029.611.4
May 20250.822.27.5
June 202511.839.06.2
July 20256.530.55.6
August 20252.023.06.3
September 202516.045.67.5
October 20256.036.38.7
November 20251.021.77.4
December 202515.542.27.4
January 20263.024.77.7
February 202615.025.66.3
March 202613.042.96.8
April 20264.528.17.4
May 20265.521.49.3
June 202616.851.59.5
July 202612.536.28.3
August 202615.542.28.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

NHS trust, 17.2 miles away

2 to 7weeks

Half seen within 2 weeks, 9 in 10 within 7 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 16 weeks. 155 people treated in the month.

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East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

NHS trust, 11.4 miles away

3 to 22weeks

Half seen within 3 weeks, 9 in 10 within 22 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 9 weeks, 9 in 10 under 29 weeks. 55 people treated in the month.

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