Care of older people at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Southmead and Bristol Eye elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 8 to 17 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 6 weeks and 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 96% are within 18 weeks.

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Shortest waitHas A&E
8 to 17weeks

Half seen within 8 weeks, 9 in 10 within 17 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 15 weeks. 114 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 Bristol 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 202414.832.18.9
October 202413.033.58.3
November 202414.929.87.6
December 202411.229.08.4
January 202513.431.16.6
February 202510.721.16.2
March 20258.925.06.0
April 20258.825.55.3
May 20258.118.75.4
June 202512.051.64.7
July 20257.014.95.2
August 20257.218.24.9
September 20256.325.64.5
October 20254.819.83.6
November 20256.120.84.7
December 20254.79.46.8
January 20268.515.07.4
February 20267.419.46.2
March 20266.618.47.5
April 20268.120.67.6
May 20267.821.97.1
June 20269.320.36.4
July 20266.216.85.0
August 20267.517.35.6

NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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