Care of older people at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Darlington Memorial and University of Durham elderly medicine waiting times: most people treated waited 12 to 22 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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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 County Durham and Darlington 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 20245.620.05.0
October 20246.017.54.9
November 20245.916.15.7
December 20248.016.55.8
January 202510.620.96.5
February 20259.818.45.4
March 20259.314.95.5
April 20259.619.46.7
May 202510.216.55.9
June 20259.921.16.4
July 202510.818.56.2
August 202511.022.87.5
September 202512.222.37.6
October 202512.821.26.7
November 202513.122.77.5
December 202512.323.19.3
January 202613.121.08.7
February 202612.927.47.4
March 202612.125.47.6
April 202612.023.67.7
May 202611.827.47.6
June 202611.927.16.6
July 202611.823.57.1
August 202611.721.58.0

Faster options within 25 miles

Shortest waitHas A&E
1 to 14weeks

Half seen within 1 week, 9 in 10 within 14 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 6 weeks, 9 in 10 under 14 weeks. 54 people treated in the month.

Has A&E
10 to 30weeks

Half seen within 10 weeks, 9 in 10 within 30 weeks

Waiting now: half have waited under 8 weeks, 9 in 10 under 19 weeks. 67 people treated in the month.

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

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